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Number of journalists killed falls sharply as reprisal murders hit record low
December 17, 2019 11:59 AM ET
As wars subsided and a record low number of journalists were murdered in reprisal for reporting, the total number of journalists killed because of their work fell sharply in 2019. A CPJ special report by Elana Beiser...
Getting Away with Murder
October 29, 2019 8:00 AM ET
CPJ's 2019 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and their killers go free Published October 29, 2019 Somalia is the world’s worst country for the fifth year in a row when it comes to prosecuting murderers of journalists, CPJ’s 2019 Global Impunity Index found. War and...
Two sentenced to death for 2018 killing of Afghan journalist Abdul Manan Arghand
April 17, 2019 4:22 PM ET
New York, April 17, 2019 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on the Afghan government to deliver justice through a fair and transparent process after two suspects were sentenced to death for the killing of Kabul News journalist Abdul Manan Arghand....
Afghan journalist killed; Islamic State affiliate claims responsibility
March 18, 2019 1:40 PM ET
New York, March 18, 2019 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the killing of Afghan journalist Sultan Mahmoud Khairkhwah and calls on authorities to investigate his killing and improve the safety of journalists in the country....
Afghan journalist wounded in assassination attempt
March 12, 2019 1:16 PM ET
New York, March 12, 2019 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists urged Afghan authorities to swiftly investigate the attempted assassination of journalist Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi in Helmand province today and bring the perpetrators to justice....
Two radio journalists shot and killed in northern Afghanistan
February 6, 2019 5:18 PM ET
New York, February 6, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Afghan authorities to promptly investigate and bring to justice those responsible for yesterday's killing of two journalists in Taloqan, the capital city of northern Takhar province....
More journalists killed on the job as reprisal murders nearly double
December 19, 2018 12:00 AM ET
Journalists from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan to the U.S. were targeted for murder in 2018 in reprisal for their work, bringing the total of journalists killed on duty to its highest in three years. The number of journalists killed in conflict fell to its lowest level since 2011. A...
Getting Away with Murder
October 29, 2018 11:00 AM ET
CPJ's 2018 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and their killers go free By Elisabeth Witchel, CPJ Impunity Campaign Consultant Impunity is entrenched in 14 nations, according to CPJ's 2018 Global Impunity Index, which ranks states with the worst records of prosecuting the killers of journalists....
Two TOLO News journalists killed in Afghanistan double bombing
September 5, 2018 3:35 PM ET
Washington, D.C., September 5, 2018--At least two journalists were killed today in a double bombing in the Afghan capital, Kabul, according to news reports. TOLO News published that its reporter Samim Faramarz and cameraman Ramiz Ahmadi were killed by the second blast while covering the first, which occurred at...
Media worker killed, telecom connections destroyed in Afghanistan
August 13, 2018 4:56 PM ET
New York, August 13, 2018-- Mohammad Daud Anwari, a media technician for the state-run broadcaster Radio Television Afghanistan, was killed on August 10 during an attack by the Taliban on Tape-e-Television, an area of Ghazni city where many local media antennas are located, the Afghan Journalist Safety Committee (AJSC)...