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{{ | {{Short description|Indian photojournalist (1983–2021)}} | ||
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{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| name = Danish Siddiqui | | name = Danish Siddiqui | ||
| birth_date = | | native_name = <!--don't add name in indic script per WP:NOINDICSCRIPT --> | ||
| birth_place = | | caption = Siddiqui in 2018 | ||
| image = Pulitzer2018-danish-siddiqui-20180530-wp.jpg | |||
| birth_date = 19 May 1983 | |||
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], India<ref name="Wider Image" /> | |||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|7|16|1983|5|19|df=y}} | |||
| death_place = [[Spin Boldak District|Spin Boldak, Kandahar]], Afghanistan | |||
| death_cause = [[Gunshot wound]]s | |||
| resting_place = [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] cemetery<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/07/19/there-was-no-one-like-him-at-danish-siddiquis-funeral-hundreds-throng-to-say-goodbye|title='There was no one like him': At Danish Siddiqui's funeral, hundreds throng to say goodbye|first=Ayush|last=Tiwari|website=Newslaundry|date=19 July 2021}}</ref> | |||
| alma_mater = [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] | | alma_mater = [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] | ||
| occupation = Photojournalist | | occupation = Photojournalist | ||
| spouse = Rike | |||
| children = 2 | |||
| employer = [[Reuters]] | | employer = [[Reuters]] | ||
| | | awards = [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography|Pulitzer Prize]] | ||
| website = | | website = {{url|danishsiddiqui.net}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Danish Siddiqui''' | '''Danish Siddiqui''' (19 May 1983 – 16 July 2021<ref name="Wider Image">{{Cite web |last=Siddiqui |first=Danish |title=Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui captured the people behind the story |url=https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/obituary-reuters-photographer-danish-siddiqui-captured-the-people-behind-the-story |access-date=2021-07-17 |website=The Wider Image}}</ref>) was an Indian [[Photojournalism|photo-journalist]] based in [[Delhi]], who used to lead the national Reuters Multimedia team.<ref name=tnm>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pulitzer-winning-indian-photojournalist-danish-siddiqui-killed-taliban-attack-152446 |title=Pulitzer-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui killed in Taliban attack |date= 15 July 2021 |work=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |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=3 March 2021 |website=Reuters - The Wider Image}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui captured the people behind the story |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/obituary-reuters-photographer-danish-siddiqui-captured-people-behind-story-2021-07-16/ |website=Reuters |date=16 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="The Wire selection">{{Cite web |title=Struggle, Conflict and Small Joys: A Selection of Danish Siddiqui's Photographs |url=https://thewire.in/media/danish-siddiqui-reuters-in-photos |access-date=2021-07-17 |website=The Wire}}</ref> He received the [[2018 Pulitzer Prize]] for [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography |Feature Photography]], as part of the Reuters team, for documenting the Rohingya Refugee Crisis. In 2021, he was killed while covering a clash between [[Afghan National Security Forces|Afghan security forces]] and [[Taliban]] forces near a border crossing with [[Pakistan]].<ref name="The Wire selection" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=16 July 2021 |title=Danish Siddiqui: Indian photojournalist killed in Afghanistan |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57859652}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=16 July 2021 |title='Devastating loss of brave photojournalist': Condolences pour in for Danish Siddiqui |work=The News Minute |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/devastating-loss-brave-photojournalist-condolences-pour-danish-siddiqui-152472}}</ref> | ||
== | == Early life and education == | ||
Siddiqui's father was the dean of the Faculty of Education at [[Jamia Millia Islamia]] (JMI).<ref name="FP-Vohra-ModiReject-21">{{Cite web|last=Vohra|first=Anchal|date=2021-07-23|title=Modi Rejected an Indian Hero|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/23/danish-siddiqui-modi-indian-hero/|access-date=2021-07-31|website=Foreign Policy|language=en-US}}</ref> Siddiqui grew up in the neighbourhood of the university, and attended the [[Fr. Agnel School, New Delhi]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} | |||
He graduated with a degree in Economics from JMI before pursuing post-graduation in Mass Communication from the [[A.J.K. 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 |website=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 April 2018 |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 |website=NDTV.com |language=en}}</ref> | |||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
Siddiqui started his career as a | Siddiqui started his career as a correspondent for the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' before shifting to the [[TV Today Network]].<ref name="Wider Image" /> He switched to photojournalism and joined [[Reuters]] as an intern in 2010. Siddiqui had since covered the [[Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)]], the [[April 2015 Nepal earthquake]], the [[2015 Rohingya refugee crisis]], the [[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests]], the [[2020 Delhi riots]], and the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] among other stories in [[South Asia]], Middle East and Europe.<ref>{{cite news |title=Reuters journalist killed covering clash between Afghan forces, Taliban |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/reuters-journalist-killed-covering-clash-between-afghan-forces-taliban-2021-07-16/ |work=Reuters |date=16 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui Is Killed In Afghanistan |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/07/16/1016852885/reuters-photographer-photojournalist-danish-siddiqui-killed-in-afghanistan |date=16 July 2021 |website=NPR.org}}</ref><ref name="The Wire selection" /> | ||
Since July 2021, he was serving as an [[embedded journalist]] with the [[Afghan National Army|Afghan Special Forces]] to document the [[2021 Taliban offensive|Taliban offensive]], in what would be his last assignment.<ref name="Wider Image" /> | |||
=== Significant photographs === | |||
A photograph taken during the [[2020 Delhi riots]], documenting the lynching of a Muslim man by a Hindu mob, was featured by Reuters as one of the defining photographs of the year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 November 2020 |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 |website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-01 |title=Inside Delhi: beaten, lynched and burnt alive |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/01/india-delhi-after-hindu-mob-riot-religious-hatred-nationalists |work=The Guardian |first=Hannah |last=Ellis-Petersen |language=en}}</ref> [[BBC News]], [[National Public Radio]], and ''[[The Caravan]]'' noted it to be the defining image of the riot.<ref>{{Cite news |title='No-one who saw the photo thought I would survive' |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-india-51837787 |access-date=2021-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=In New Delhi, Days Of Deadly Violence And Riots |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/02/26/809628525/in-new-delhi-days-of-deadly-violence-and-riots |date=26 February 2020 |website=NPR.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vats |first=Vaibhav |title='You don't even slaughter animals like that': Behind the iconic image of Delhi's anti-Muslim carnage |url=https://caravanmagazine.in/conflict/behind-the-picture-symbol-carnage-northeast-delhi |access-date=2021-07-17 |website=The Caravan |language=en}}</ref> Another photograph, taken of a teenage right-wing activist brandishing a pistol at [[Citizenship Amendment Act protests |protesters]] while police looked on, became evidence of "the emboldening of Hindu nationalists" in the wake of the [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019]].<ref name="NYT-Goldbaum-ReutersKilled-21" /> | |||
His photos depicting mass cremations of [[COVID-19]] fatalities in India generated outrage among [[Hindu nationalist]]s.<ref name="FP-Vohra-ModiReject-21" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui Is Killed In Afghanistan |work=[[NPR]] |date=16 July 2021 |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/07/16/1016852885/reuters-photographer-photojournalist-danish-siddiqui-killed-in-afghanistan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lakshmi|first=Rama|date=2021-05-09|title=No, the Western media isn't biased in reporting Indian Covid. Here's why|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/no-the-western-media-isnt-biased-in-reporting-indian-covid-heres-why/655101/|access-date=2021-07-31|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref> Right-wing news portals attacked Siddiqui for capitalizing on "Hindu suffering" and private grief.<ref name="FP-Vohra-ModiReject-21" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Kamayani|date=2021-05-21|title=Why the world must witness pictures of India's mass Covid-19 cremations|url=https://www.vox.com/first-person/22434028/india-covid-cremations|access-date=2021-07-30|website=Vox|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Hindu-Roy-WorkHero-21">{{Cite news|last=Roy|first=Vaishna|date=2021-07-23|title=Frames and the man: why Danish Siddiqui's work makes him a hero|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/understanding-what-danish-siddiqui-did-and-why-his-work-makes-him-a-hero/article35483020.ece|access-date=2021-07-31|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> | |||
== Awards == | |||
In 2018, he became the first Indian alongside [[Adnan Abidi]] to win the [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography]] (as part of the Photography staff of Reuters) for documenting the [[2015 Rohingya refugee crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photography-staff-reuters-0 |access-date=9 January 2021 |publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes}}</ref> In 2013, Siddiqui had secured the third position in the Arts and Culture Category at the Sony World Photography Awards 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|last=SPIEGEL|first=DER|title=Sony World Photography Awards 2013 Finalisten|url=https://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/sony-world-photography-awards-2013-finalisten-fotostrecke-92796.html|website=www.spiegel.de}}</ref> He was also a winner in the recently held 25th Human Rights Press Awards 2021 for Photography (Series) and Photography (Single Image) categories.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-27|title=25th Human Rights Press Awards (2021) Winners {{!}} Human Rights Press Awards|url=https://humanrightspressawards.org/winners-2021|access-date=2021-08-22|language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
== Personal life == | |||
Siddiqui was a Muslim.<ref name="FP-Vohra-ModiReject-21" /> He was married to Rike, a German national.<ref name="Wider Image" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-17 |title=Danish Siddiqui's father appeals to MEA: Expedite process to get his body back |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/danish-siddiquis-father-appeals-to-mea-expedite-process-to-get-his-body-back-7408476/ |website=The Indian Express}}</ref> They had two children.<ref name="Wider Image" /> | |||
==Death== | |||
Siddiqui was killed alongside a senior Afghan officer while covering a clash between [[Afghan National Army|Afghan Special Forces]] and [[Taliban]] insurgents in [[Spin Boldak District|Spin Boldak, Kandahar]], on 15 July 2021.<ref name="NYT-Goldbaum-ReutersKilled-21">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/world/asia/danish-siddiqui-reuters-photographer-killed-afghanistan.html |title=Danish Siddiqui, Reuters Photojournalist, Is Killed in Afghanistan |work=The New York Times |first1=Christina |last1=Goldbaum |first2=Fahim |last2=Abed |date=16 July 2021 |id={{ProQuest|2552220336}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= 15 July 2021 |title=Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar province |url=https://thewire.in/media/danish-siddiqui-reuters-in-photos |work=The Wire |first=Soumashree |last=Sarkar}}</ref> His body was handed to the [[Afghan Red Crescent Society]].<ref name="India condemns">{{Cite web |title=India condemns Danish Siddiqui's killing; Taliban give body to Red Cross |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-condemns-danish-siddiquis-killing-taliban-give-body-to-red-cross/articleshow/84488353.cms |website=The Times of India |date=17 July 2021}}</ref> | |||
=== Circumstances === | |||
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" />}} | |||
[[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"/> | |||
=== Mutilation and Return of body === | |||
The Taliban had mutilated his body before returning it though they continue to deny committing the act.<ref name="NYT-Mashal-Mutilated-21" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite interview|last=Shaheen|first=Muhammad Sohail|interviewer=Sreenivasan Jain|title=Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui Didn't Seek Our Nod|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/danish-siddiqui-didnt-seek-our-nod-killed-in-crossfire-taliban-to-ndtv-2509815|date=14 August 2021}}</ref> | |||
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> | |||
=== Reactions === | |||
;Unofficial | |||
* Right wing media, right-wing social media users and supporters of the [[Hindu nationalism|Hindu nationalist]] [[Premiership of Narendra Modi|Modi government]] celebrated Siddiqui's death, with some even attributing his death to bad [[Karma in Hinduism|karma]].<ref name="FP-Vohra-ModiReject-21" /><ref name="Hindu-Roy-WorkHero-21" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=17 July 2021|title=Danish Siddiqui: Creator of iconic images trolled even in death|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/jul/17/creator-of-iconic-images-trolled-even-in-death-2331377.html|access-date=2021-07-31|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chowdhury|first=Archis|date=2021-07-16|title=Death Of Reuters Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui Sparks Hate Messages|url=https://www.boomlive.in/explainers/danish-siddiqui-reuters-photojournalist-death-hate-messages-twitter-13922|access-date=2021-07-31|website=BOOM}}</ref> | |||
* The Taliban denied knowledge of his presence in the ambushed entourage and expressed their regret at his death.<ref name="ht">{{cite news|last=Ray|first=Meenakshi|date=17 July 2021|title='We are sorry': Taliban denies role in photojournalist Danish Siddiqui's death, says report|language=en|work=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/taliban-denies-role-in-photojournalist-danish-siddiqui-s-death-says-report-101626487013389.html}}</ref> Days before completion of a [[Fall of Kabul (2021)|successful offensive in Afghanistan]], they blamed Siddiqui for not coordinating with their forces.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
;Official | |||
* {{flagcountry|India}}: [[Foreign Secretary (India)|Foreign Secretary]] [[Harsh Vardhan Shringla]] condemned the Taliban actions at an event of the [[United Nations Security Council]].<ref>{{cite news |title=At UN meet, India condemns killing of photojournalist Danish Siddiqui in Afghanistan |work=Scroll.in |url=https://scroll.in/latest/1000419/india-condemns-killing-of-photojournalist-danish-siddiqui-in-afghanistan-says-foreign-secretary |access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> The Minister for Information and Broadcasting, [[Anurag Thakur]], expressed his condolences.<ref>{{cite news |title=I&B minister, media bodies condole Indian photojournalist's death in Afghanistan |work=Outlookindia.com |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/ib-minister-media-bodies-condole-indian-photojournalists-death-in-afghanistan/2122353}}</ref> | |||
* {{flagcountry |United States}}: [[U.S. Department of State]] Principal Deputy Spokesperson Jalina Porter called it a "tremendous loss".<ref>{{cite news |title='A tremendous loss': Biden govt mourns Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui's death in Afghanistan |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/a-tremendous-loss-biden-govt-mourns-indian-photojournalist-danish-siddiquis-death-in-afghanistan |work=Free Press Journal |date=17 July 2021}}</ref> | |||
* {{flagcountry |Afghanistan}}: [[President of Afghanistan|President]] [[Ashraf Ghani]] expressed shock and offered his condolences while reiterating the affording of absolute protection to media personnel.<ref>{{cite news |title=Afghan President Expresses Shock Over Killing Of Indian Journalist Danish Siddiqui |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/afghan-president-expresses-shock-over-killing-of-indian-journalist-danish-siddiqui-2488287 |publisher=NDTV.com}}</ref> | |||
*{{flagcountry |United Nations}}: UN Secretary General [[António Guterres]] expressed his grief.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UN Chief Grieved At The Killing Of Indian Photojournalist In Afghanistan|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/un-chief-grieved-at-the-killing-of-indian-photojournalist-danish-siddiqui-in-afghanistan-2488393|access-date=2021-07-30|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> [[UNESCO]] Director-General [[Audrey Azoulay]] meanwhile condemned the killing.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-16|title=Director-General urges better protection of journalists following the killing of award-winning journalist Danish Siddiqui in Afghanistan|url=https://en.unesco.org/news/director-general-urges-better-protection-journalists-following-killing-award-winning-journalist|access-date=2021-07-30|website=UNESCO|language=en}}</ref> | |||
=== Burial === | |||
Siddiqui's coffin arrived in India, in the evening of 18 July 2021. The same night, his body was buried at the Jamia Millia Islamia graveyard. Hundreds attended the funeral.<ref name="Newslaundry-Tiwari-FuneralHundreds-21">{{Cite web|last=Tiwari|first=Ayush|date=2021-07-19|title='There was no one like him': At Danish Siddiqui's funeral, hundreds throng to say goodbye|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/07/19/there-was-no-one-like-him-at-danish-siddiquis-funeral-hundreds-throng-to-say-goodbye|access-date=2021-07-31|website=Newslaundry}}</ref> | |||
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