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Ukraine must prioritize journalist safety

Investigative freelancer Vadym Komarov dies in Ukraine six weeks after unidentified men brutally assault him. The journalist was known for uncovering local corruption. New Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, pictured, must guarantee investigative reporters can work safely if he is to fulfill his election promise to combat corruption. CPJ calls on Zelenskiy to promote press freedom by resolving impunity in the murders of journalists, including Pavel Sheremet, and ensuring that reporters can work freely no matter their affiliation or opinion. (Photo: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)

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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker

CPJ and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, in collaboration with other press freedom groups, lead this nonpartisan website on the number of press freedom violations in the United States.

A damaged building is seen in Idlib, Syria, on June 14, 2019. Photojournalist Amjad Hassan Bakir was recently killed in an airstrike in Idlib. (AFP/Omar Haj Kadour)

Syrian photojournalist Amjad Hassan Bakir killed in suspected regime missile strike

Police officers walk in front of the homicide department in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 13, 2019. Journalist Romário Barros was recently killed in Maricá, in Rio de Janeiro state. (Reuters/Lucas Landau)

Brazilian journalist Romário Barros shot and killed in Maricá

Cameroonian police officers are seen on October 3, 2018. Police recently arrested journalist Paul Chouta on criminal defamation and false news charges. (AFP/Marco Longari)

Cameroonian journalist detained on criminal defamation and false news charges

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron hold a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 15, 2019. In the wake of a deadly terror attack in Christchurch, tech regulation in the EU and Australia risks restricting journalism. (Yoan Valat/Pool Photo via AP)

In wake of Christchurch, tech regulation in EU and Australia risks restricting journalism

People watch a live broadcast of a televised debate between Istanbul's mayoral candidates at a tea house in Diyarbakir on June 16, 2019. (AFP/Ilyas Akengin)

Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of June 16, 2019

Police watch supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange protesting in London on June 14, 2019 before a scheduled court date in his fight against extradition to the United States, where he faces prosecution for conspiracy to commit computer intrusion, as well as the Espionage Act. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Tech journalists troubled by Assange computer intrusion charge

Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo is led handcuffed from a court in Yangon in September. He and colleague Wa Lone are serving seven-year prison sentences in Myanmar. (Reuters/Ann Wang)

Hundreds of journalists jailed globally becomes the new normal

A tribute to victims of an April 2018 suicide attack in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, that killed at least nine journalists. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

Getting Away with Murder

Customs and Border Protection agents pictured at Los Angeles International Airport in January 2017. The agency’s power to search electronic devices without warrant has serious implications for press freedom. (Reuters/Patrick T. Fallon)

Nothing to declare: Why U.S. border agency's vast stop and search powers undermine press freedom

A man uses a cellphone in Yangon, Myanmar, on September 26, 2014. The government recently cut mobile internet access to Rakhine and Chin states. (AFP/Ye Aung Thu)

Myanmar authorities shut down internet access in Rakhine and Chin states

A newspaper stand is seen in Mwanza, Tanzania, on September 19, 2015. Tanzania is currently considering legal amendments that could negatively affect press freedom. (AFP/Daniel Hayduk)

CPJ urges Tanzania lawmakers to revise proposed legislative amendments

CPJ and representatives from other free expression organizations meet with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on June 20, 2019, in Tirana.

Press freedom situation worsening in Albania, joint mission finds

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CPJ calls on Ukrainian President Zelenskiy to prioritize press freedom

CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon writes to Ukraine's newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, urging him to prioritize and promote press freedom in the country.

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