At least three journalists a month flee their home countries
to escape threats of violence, imprisonment, or harassment. ByElisabeth Witchel and Karen Phillips
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is again marking World
Press Freedom Day, Monday, May 3, by naming the World’s Worst Places to
Be a Journalist. The list of 10 places represents the full range of current
threats to press freedom.
By the Staff of the Committee to Protect Journalists
In the months following the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, journalists around the world confronted an unprecedented press freedom crisis.