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23rd Annual Ceremony and Dinner To benefit the Committee to Protect Journalists Four journalists who face imprisonment or other persecution for exposing realities in Ecuador, Egypt, Turkey, and Vietnam will be honored with the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2013 International Press Freedom Awards, an annual recognition of the courageous reporting that defines free media. The…

2013 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee (Courtesy of Univision) To read Hinostroza’s acceptance speech, click here. As a leading television reporter and host in her native Ecuador, Janet Hinostroza has investigated human and arms trafficking, the Ecuadoran police, and extrajudicial killings. She is also a prime target in the government’s ongoing assault on free expression….

2013 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee (Courtesy of Univision) To read Youssef’s acceptance speech, click here. As a window for free expression opened in Egypt with the demise of the Mubarak era in 2011, cardiac surgeon Bassem Youssef began dissecting his society with a satirical newscast produced in his living room and posted on YouTube….

2013 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee (Courtesy of Univision) UPDATE: On November 25, 2014, Nguyen Van Hai attended CPJ’s 2014 International Press Freedom Awards and received his award in person. Scroll down to watch or read his speech. Nguyen Van Hai is one of the best-known bloggers in Vietnam’s burgeoning community of online journalists, who…

2013 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee (Courtesy of Univision) To read Şener’s acceptance speech, click here. Nedim Şener, a leading investigative journalist with the Turkish daily Posta, is considered a terrorist by his government, which alleges that his critical reporting contributed to an anti-government plot. His case is emblematic of Turkey’s widespread application of vague laws to…

A sad landmark for CPJ: 1,000 journalists killed When Mick Deane was killed in Egypt on August 14, he became the 1,000th journalist documented by CPJ as having died in direct relation to his work. Some died in the crossfire of combat or civil unrest, but most were targeted for murder. In 1992, CPJ began…

UN holds session on journalist protection Speaking at the UN Security Council’s first special session on the protection of journalists, AP Executive Editor and CPJ Vice Chair Kathleen Carroll began by remembering the AP journalists who were killed in the line of duty. But most journalists killed around the world are murdered. “In the overwhelming…

CPJ releases report on journalists in exile Fifty-five journalists fled their homes fearing threats of violence and imprisonment in the past year, according to CPJ’s annual survey, which is based on cases the organization has supported, from which it derives global trends. The report, “Journalists in Exile,” was released on June 19, ahead of World…