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{{Infobox person
| name = Danish Siddiqui
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| alma_mater = [[Jamia Millia Islamia]]
| occupation = Photojournalist
| employer = [[Reuters]]
| father = Akhtar Siddiqui
| website = www.danishsiddiqui.net
}}

'''Danish Siddiqui''' is an Indian photojournalist based in [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Siddiqui|first=Danish|date=|title=Danish Siddiqui|url=https://widerimage.reuters.com/photographer/danish-siddiqui|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303000913/https://widerimage.reuters.com/photographer/danish-siddiqui|archive-date=2021-03-03|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Reuters - The Wider Image|language=en}}</ref> He received the [[Pulitzer Prize]] as part of the Photography staff of Reuters.

== Education ==
Danish graduated with a degree in Economics from [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], Delhi. He went on to pursue a degree in Mass Communication from the [[A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre|AJK Mass Communication Research Centre]] at Jamia in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vaswani|first=Anjana|date=18 April 2018|title=Mumbai lensman Danish Siddiqui's work part of Pulitzer-winning Rohingya series|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/city-lensmans-work-part-of-pulitzer-winning-rohingya-series/articleshow/63807075.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209031717/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/city-lensmans-work-part-of-pulitzer-winning-rohingya-series/articleshow/63807075.cms|archive-date=2019-12-09|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-19|title=Jamia Millia's AJK-MCRC Alumnus Receives Pulitzer Prize For Photography|url=https://www.ndtv.com/education/pulitzer-prize-jamia-millia-islamia-jmi-s-ajk-mcrc-alumnus-danish-siddiqui-receives-for-photography-1839939|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812024301/https://www.ndtv.com/education/pulitzer-prize-jamia-millia-islamia-jmi-s-ajk-mcrc-alumnus-danish-siddiqui-receives-for-photography-1839939|archive-date=2019-08-12|access-date=2021-01-01|website=NDTV.com|language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
Siddiqui started his career as a news correspondent. He switched to photography and joined the international news agency [[Reuters]] as an intern in 2010. Siddiqui has since covered the [[Battle of Mosul (2016–17)]], the 2015 Nepal Earthquake, the [[2015 Rohingya refugee crisis|refugee crisis]] arising from the [[Rohingya genocide]] and the [[2020 Delhi riots|2020 Delhi Riots]] among other stories in [[South Asia]], [[Middle East]] and [[Europe]]. In 2018, he became the first Indian alongside colleague Adnan Abidi to win the [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography]] as part of the Photography staff of Reuters for documenting the Rohingya Refugee Crisis.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photography-staff-reuters-0|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504204124/https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photography-staff-reuters-0|archive-date=2019-05-04|access-date=2021-01-09|website=The Pulitzer Prizes|language=en}}</ref> A photograph he clicked during the 2020 Delhi Riots was featured as one of the defining photographs of 2020 by Reuters.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-25|title=Photo of Muslim Man Being Beaten in Delhi Riots is Reuters' India Pick in 'Pictures of Year' List|url=https://thewire.in/communalism/delhi-riots-reuters-photo-danish-siddiqui-mohammad-zubair|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129181940/https://thewire.in/communalism/delhi-riots-reuters-photo-danish-siddiqui-mohammad-zubair|archive-date=2020-11-29|access-date=2021-01-01|website=The Wire}}</ref> He currently heads the Reuters Pictures team in India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Danish Siddiqui|url=https://tedxgateway.com/portfolio/danish-siddiqui-2/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122153816/https://tedxgateway.com/portfolio/danish-siddiqui-2/|archive-date=2021-01-22|access-date=2021-01-01|website=TEDxGateway - India's Largest Ideas Platform (Mumbai, India)|language=en-US}}</ref>

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	According to local Afghan officials as well as Taliban members, Siddiqui was killed by the Taliban in an ambush-crossfire.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Reuters journalist killed covering clash between Afghan forces, Taliban \|website=Reuters \|date=16 July 2021 \|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/reuters-journalist-killed-covering-clash-between-afghan-forces-taliban-2021-07-16/}}</ref><ref name="NYT-Mashal-Mutilated-21">{{cite news\|last=Mashal\|first=Mujib\|date=31 July 2021\|title=Body of Reuters Photographer Was Mutilated in Taliban Custody, Officials Say\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/world/asia/danish-siddiqui-afghanistan-photographer.html\|accessdate=31 July 2021}}</ref> The Taliban mutilated and disrespected the body.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Mashal\|first=Mujib\|date=2021-07-31\|title=Body of Reuters Photographer Was Mutilated in Taliban Custody, Officials Say\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/world/asia/danish-siddiqui-afghanistan-photographer.html\|access-date=2021-08-01\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>		According to local Afghan officials as well as Taliban members, Siddiqui was killed by the Taliban in an ambush-crossfire.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Reuters journalist killed covering clash between Afghan forces, Taliban \|website=Reuters \|date=16 July 2021 \|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/reuters-journalist-killed-covering-clash-between-afghan-forces-taliban-2021-07-16/}}</ref><ref name="NYT-Mashal-Mutilated-21">{{cite news\|last=Mashal\|first=Mujib\|date=31 July 2021\|title=Body of Reuters Photographer Was Mutilated in Taliban Custody, Officials Say\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/world/asia/danish-siddiqui-afghanistan-photographer.html\|accessdate=31 July 2021}}</ref> The Taliban mutilated and disrespected the body.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Mashal\|first=Mujib\|date=2021-07-31\|title=Body of Reuters Photographer Was Mutilated in Taliban Custody, Officials Say\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/world/asia/danish-siddiqui-afghanistan-photographer.html\|access-date=2021-08-01\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

	[[Michael Rubin]] (in an op-ed for the ''[[Washington Examiner]]'' on 29 July 2021) cited several unnamed sources to claim that the Taliban had eliminated him in a planned operation, which was [[Cover-up\|covered-up]] by the US Government. He claimed that as part of this operation, they had attacked a mosque where Siddiqui had gone to receive first-aid, captured him, vetted his identity, and then executed him, after fighting off the Afghan forces who came to a rescue.<ref name="Rubin">{{Cite news \|date=2021-07-29 \|title=Don't whitewash details of photojournalist Danish Siddiqui's murder \|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/dont-whitewash-details-of-photojournalist-danish-siddiquis-murder \|website=Washington Examiner \|last=Rubin \|first=Michael}}</ref><ref name=":NL_Washington">{{Cite web \|date=2021-07-30 \|title=Taliban 'executed' Danish Siddiqui after verifying his identity, Washington Examiner opinion piece alleges \|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/07/30/taliban-executed-danish-siddiqui-after-verifying-his-identity-washington-examiner-opinion-piece-alleges \|website=Newslaundry}}</ref> The op-ed was immediately reproduced by multiple outlets of mainstream Indian media.<ref name=":NL_Washington" />{{efn \|Rubin is a resident scholar at the conservative think-tank [[American Enterprise Institute]] and opposed to the incumbent government in America. He had been earlier implicated by an investigation by ''[[The Intercept]]'' for planting anti-[[Qatar]] stories, pursuant to lobby groups.<ref name=":NL_Washington" />}}		[[Michael Rubin]] (in an op-ed for the ''[[Washington Examiner]]'' on 29 July 2021) cited several unnamed sources to claim that the Taliban had eliminated him in a planned operation, which was [[Cover-up\|covered-up]] by the US Government. He claimed that as part of this operation, they had attacked a mosque where Siddiqui had gone to receive first-aid, captured him, vetted his identity, and then executed him, after fighting off the Afghan forces who came to the rescue.<ref name="Rubin">{{Cite news \|date=2021-07-29 \|title=Don't whitewash details of photojournalist Danish Siddiqui's murder \|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/dont-whitewash-details-of-photojournalist-danish-siddiquis-murder \|website=Washington Examiner \|last=Rubin \|first=Michael}}</ref><ref name=":NL_Washington">{{Cite web \|date=2021-07-30 \|title=Taliban 'executed' Danish Siddiqui after verifying his identity, Washington Examiner opinion piece alleges \|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/07/30/taliban-executed-danish-siddiqui-after-verifying-his-identity-washington-examiner-opinion-piece-alleges \|website=Newslaundry}}</ref> The op-ed was immediately reproduced by multiple outlets of mainstream Indian media.<ref name=":NL_Washington" />{{efn \|Rubin is a resident scholar at the conservative think-tank [[American Enterprise Institute]] and opposed to the incumbent government in America. He had been earlier implicated by an investigation by ''[[The Intercept]]'' for planting anti-[[Qatar]] stories, pursuant to lobby groups.<ref name=":NL_Washington" />}}

	[[The New York Times]] (NYT) failed to confirm the narrative of execution.<ref name="NYT-Mashal-Mutilated-21" /> However, the-then spokesman of [[Afghan National Security Forces\|Afghan National Defence and Security Forces]] (ANDSF) told [[India Today (TV channel)\|India Today]] that Siddiqui was indeed executed by the Taliban.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/afghan-official-confirms-danish-siddiqui-was-captured-executed-1835559-2021-08-02\|title=Afghan official confirms Danish Siddiqui was captured and executed by Taliban\|first=Geeta\|last=Mohan\|date=August 2, 2021\|accessdate=August 2, 2021}}</ref> A report by [[CNN-News18]] has since confirmed Rubin's version of events from Afghan and Indian intelligence officials; presence of about a dozen close range gunshot wounds on his torso were argued to corroborate his thesis.<ref name="News18-Kaul-MutilatedSUV-21"/>		[[The New York Times]] (NYT) failed to confirm the narrative of execution.<ref name="NYT-Mashal-Mutilated-21" /> However, the-then spokesman of [[Afghan National Security Forces\|Afghan National Defence and Security Forces]] (ANDSF) told [[India Today (TV channel)\|India Today]] that Siddiqui was indeed executed by the Taliban.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/afghan-official-confirms-danish-siddiqui-was-captured-executed-1835559-2021-08-02\|title=Afghan official confirms Danish Siddiqui was captured and executed by Taliban\|first=Geeta\|last=Mohan\|date=August 2, 2021\|accessdate=August 2, 2021}}</ref> A report by [[CNN-News18]] has since confirmed Rubin's version of events from Afghan and Indian intelligence officials; presence of about a dozen close range gunshot wounds on his torso were argued to corroborate his thesis.<ref name="News18-Kaul-MutilatedSUV-21"/>
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	Ahmad Lodin, the head of the newspaper ''[[Afghan Orband Weekly]]'', claimed to ''[[Newslaundry]]'' on 19 July that the Taliban had released Siddiqui's "disrespected" and "mutilated" corpse only after prolonged negotiations.<ref name="Kumar">{{cite web\|last=Kumar\|first=Ruchi\|date=20 July 2021\|title='Ambushed by the Taliban': Kandahar locals recount Danish Siddiqui's death\|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/07/20/ambushed-by-the-taliban-kandahar-locals-recall-danish-siddiquis-death\|work=Newslaundry}}</ref> Rubin, in his op-ed, claimed to have reviewed photographs and a video of Siddiqui's body from a source in the Indian Government, showing head-injuries and multiple bullet-wounds.<ref name="Rubin" />		Ahmad Lodin, the head of the newspaper ''[[Afghan Orband Weekly]]'', claimed to ''[[Newslaundry]]'' on 19 July that the Taliban had released Siddiqui's "disrespected" and "mutilated" corpse only after prolonged negotiations.<ref name="Kumar">{{cite web\|last=Kumar\|first=Ruchi\|date=20 July 2021\|title='Ambushed by the Taliban': Kandahar locals recount Danish Siddiqui's death\|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/07/20/ambushed-by-the-taliban-kandahar-locals-recall-danish-siddiquis-death\|work=Newslaundry}}</ref> Rubin, in his op-ed, claimed to have reviewed photographs and a video of Siddiqui's body from a source in the Indian Government, showing head-injuries and multiple bullet-wounds.<ref name="Rubin" />

	On 31 July, NYT reviewed several photographs of Siddiqui's corpse from multiple sources and confirmed these claims.<ref name="NYT-Mashal-Mutilated-21" /> Photographs taken shortly after his death, encircled apparently by Taliban insurgents, did not show any evidence of mutilation but photographs snapped after the corpse was recovered by government, showed such signs.<ref name="NYT-Mashal-Mutilated-21" /> An Afghan health official who had received the body at the [[Mirwais Hospital]] in [[Kandahar]] around ~~8 PM~~, found Siddiqui's face to be unrecognizable, while Indian officials noted tire marks on the face and chest in addition to about 12 gunshot wounds in his body, resembling close-range injuries.<ref name="NYT-Mashal-Mutilated-21" /><ref name="Kumar" /> The CNN-News18 report confirmed these details — Taliban had driven a [[Humvee]] over his face and chest, for reasons which were yet to be clear.<ref name="News18-Kaul-MutilatedSUV-21">{{Cite news\|first=Aditya Raj\|last=Kaul\|date=2021-08-02\|title=EXCLUSIVE: Danish Siddiqui's Body Was Mutilated; Head, Chest Crushed Under a SUV by the Taliban\|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/exclusive-danish-siddiquis-body-was-mutilated-head-chest-crushed-under-a-suv-by-the-taliban-4037300.html\|access-date=2021-08-02\|website=News18\|language=en}}</ref>		On 31 July, NYT reviewed several photographs of Siddiqui's corpse from multiple sources and confirmed these claims.<ref name="NYT-Mashal-Mutilated-21" /> Photographs taken shortly after his death, encircled apparently by Taliban insurgents, did not show any evidence of mutilation but photographs snapped after the corpse was recovered by government, showed such signs.<ref name="NYT-Mashal-Mutilated-21" /> An Afghan health official who had received the body at the [[Mirwais Hospital]] in [[Kandahar]] around 8pm, found Siddiqui's face to be unrecognizable, while Indian officials noted tire marks on the face and chest in addition to about 12 gunshot wounds in his body, resembling close-range injuries.<ref name="NYT-Mashal-Mutilated-21" /><ref name="Kumar" /> The CNN-News18 report confirmed these details — Taliban had driven a [[Humvee]] over his face and chest, for reasons which were yet to be clear.<ref name="News18-Kaul-MutilatedSUV-21">{{Cite news\|first=Aditya Raj\|last=Kaul\|date=2021-08-02\|title=EXCLUSIVE: Danish Siddiqui's Body Was Mutilated; Head, Chest Crushed Under a SUV by the Taliban\|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/exclusive-danish-siddiquis-body-was-mutilated-head-chest-crushed-under-a-suv-by-the-taliban-4037300.html\|access-date=2021-08-02\|website=News18\|language=en}}</ref>

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