His death was announced by his family in a statement posted to his account on X (formerly Twitter).

Throughout his career, Pilger was a strong critic of western foreign policy and his native country’s treatment of Indigenous Australians.
Pilger was among the first to expose the horrific mass killings carried out in Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge regime with his 1979 ITV film “Year Zero: The Silent Death Of Cambodia”. His 1990 follow-up ITV documentary, “Cambodia: The Betrayal” won an Emmy award.

Born in New South Wales, Australia, Pilger moved to Britain in the 1960s, and worked for the Daily Mirror, ITV and Reuters.

He covered conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh and Biafra, and was named journalist of the year in 1967 and 1979, the Guardian reported.

He also had a successful career in documentary film-making, creating more than 50 films and winning a number of accolades.

Pilger made a number of films about Indigenous Australians and wrote a bestselling book, “A Secret Country”, which explored the politics and policies of Australia.

His last film, “The Dirty War” on the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK, was released in 2019 and examined the threat to the NHS from privatisation and bureaucracy.

In 2003, Pilger received the Sophie prize for “30 years of uncovering the lies and propaganda of the powerful, especially as they relate to wars, conflictsl of interests and economic exploitation of people and natural resources”.