Samantha Libby
Samantha Libby, CPJ’s digital manager, has worked in freedom of expression and human rights in Ethiopia, Vietnam, Kalimantan, and West Papua. She has also investigated the domestic and international arms trade. She is a playwright, artist, and an award-winning writer.
Joel Simon & Kathleen Carroll on The New Censorship
Journalists are being imprisoned and killed in record numbers. Online surveillance is annihilating privacy, and the Internet can be brought under government control at any time. Joel Simon, the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, warns that we can no longer assume our global information ecosystem is stable, protected, and robust. Journalists –…
Film Screening: ‘Under Threat’
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and The Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) the present: Film Screening: ‘Under Threat’. Watch the trailer here. Discussion: As Election Nears, Egyptian Press in Peril CPJ Blog: Don’t let al-Sisi’s government have Egypt’s last word
Taming the Messenger: The New threats to Press Freedom
Press Freedom in the 21st Century. Newseum Institute and Free Speech Now! Washington, DC. CPJ’s Advocacy Director, Courtney Radsch will be speaking. Produced in association with, and hosted by, Newseum, and sponsored by News Corp, this one-day event is a chance for speakers from the US and Europe to explore the state of press freedom…
3rd UN-Inter-Agency Meeting on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
The 3rd UN-Inter-Agency Meeting on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity will take place on 4 November 2014 at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France. This meeting, convened by UNESCO and co-hosted by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Council of Europe, coincides with…
“Ending Impunity: Upholding the Rule of Law”
On the occasion of the 1st International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (2 November). This landmark resolution condemns all attacks and violence against journalists and media workers. It also urges Member States to do their utmost to prevent violence against journalists and media workers, to ensure accountability, bring to justice perpetrators of…
News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, October 2014
Turkish government makes commitments to CPJ In an unprecedented meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and other officials in early October, a joint delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists and the International Press Institute raised concerns about the climate for press freedom in Turkey, including the imprisonment of journalists and online restrictions. In…
TRUTH TO ACTION: MEDIA FREEDOM – Protecting Human Rights Globally
Everyone has the right to seek, receive and impart ideas without fear and interference. Yet throughout the world, journalists, bloggers and others face the harassment and imprisonment for exercising their rights to free speech…Freedom of expression is essential to the attainment of all other rights…and is closely linked to the right to hold opinions and…
Journalism on the Ground: The Risks and Importance of International Reporting
Journalism on the Ground International reporting is fraught with dangers, challenges, and risks. Journalists who pack up and head to all corners of the world in pursuit of providing media consumers with accurate accounts of what’s occurring on the ground often put their lives on the line for “the story.” In the past several weeks,…
Egypt Media Forum
The format of the forum will be one of dialogue, reflection and a considerate exchange of ideas. The program will include high-level panels on key issues from an Egyptian and international perspective followed by roundtable discussions on recommendations moderated by prominent global experts. The sessions will be conducted following the Chatham House Rule to encourage…