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News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, June 2014

June 30, 2014 2:09 PM EDT

CPJ releases annual exile report In the run-up to World Refugee Day on June 20, CPJ brought the human toll of exile to the fore in its annual special report on exiled journalists. The report found that Syria, Ethiopia, and Eritrea are responsible for the most cases of journalists who flee. The report spotlights the…

2014 IRE Conference

June 27, 2014 7:46 PM EDT

San Francisco Marriott Marquis, 780 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA. Salon 8. Friday, June 27 at 4:45 p.m. Speakers: Jill Abramson, CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator Geoffrey King, Dominic Rushe, Trevor Timm, Leonard Downie, Jr

Civil Society and Authoritarian State Media: The Case of Egypt

June 27, 2014 4:31 PM EDT

Washington D.C. National Endowment for Democracy in Washington DC. Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator, Sherif Mansour will be speaking.

Media in the Post-2015 Agenda

June 26, 2014 4:42 PM EDT

Google Hangout. CIMA/NED. Magnus Ag, CPJ’s Advocacy and Communications Associate will be participating.

Media and internet freedom in the Arab world

June 26, 2014 4:35 PM EDT

Washington D.C. The New America Foundation. CPJ Advocacy Director, Courtney Radsch, will be speaking.

There have been 704 journalists murdered since 1992

June 26, 2014 11:58 AM EDT

The Huffington Post memorialized the 704 journalists that have been murdered since 1992 using their photos. The article also uses CPJ’s killed database and references CPJ’s statistics on impunity. Read the full article here.

Egypt sentences Al-Jazeera journalists

June 24, 2014 3:45 PM EDT

A Cairo court sentenced three Al-Jazeera journalists to lengthy prison terms on terrorism-related charges, according to news reports. Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Peter Greste were given seven-year terms, while Baher Mohamed was given 10 years in prison. CPJ’s experts received widespread media coverage, several of which are listed below. The New York Times Mashable USA…

Al-Jazeera Reporter in Egypt Freed After Hunger Strike

June 18, 2014 3:41 PM EDT

Time Magazine cited CPJ’s research on Egypt in its coverage of the release of hunger striking Al-Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy. Read the full article here.

Mexican journalists speak out on reporter murders

June 17, 2014 3:32 PM EDT

The Daily Beast cited CPJ research on threats to Mexican journalists in its coverage of local reporters’ reaction to the murder of Gregorio Jiménez. Read the full article here.

Walk in journalists’ shoes and you will understand they try to deliver

June 14, 2014 3:27 PM EDT

Following the release of CPJ’s 2014 Exile Report, the Daily Nation referenced CPJ’s research on media freedom in Southern Africa in its editorial on the press freedom climate on the continent. Read the full article here.