Too many journalists around the globe have gone missing since CPJ began keeping records.
Dozens have been snatched from their families, their lives and their work suspended in time. Official indifference and failure to investigate these disappearances cast a chill on other reporters and devastate the journalists’ families, who are often left in the dark with little to no support.
Vanished Journalists Around the World
Across the globe, CPJ is monitoring and reporting on at least 65 cases of missing journalists. Nearly one-third of them disappeared while covering armed conflict in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen. And in Mexico alone, at least 16 journalists have gone missing since 2005.
Families deserve answers about their loved ones, and local authorities have a responsibility to conduct investigations using all the tools at their disposal to find these missing journalists.
Learn more about each of these journalists in our database.
Share Their Stories
Speak up for missing journalists on social media. Join us in demanding answers. Help us remind their families — as well as perpetrators of violence globally — that they are #MissingNotForgotten.
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The families of missing journalists have a right to the truth.
I stand with @pressfreedom in calling on governments around the world to investigate the cases of all missing journalists.
#MissingNotForgotten
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The families of missing journalists have a right to the truth.
I stand with the @CommitteetoProtectJournalists in calling on governments around the world to investigate the cases of all missing journalists.
#MissingNotForgotten