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Journalist killings ease from record highs as murders down, combat deaths up

December 19, 2016 12:00 AM EST

Deadly violence against the media eased in 2016 from recent record levels as the number of journalists singled out for murder declined. A CPJ special report by Elana Beiser and Elisabeth Witchel

Ukrainian journalist detained in Russia on suspicion of espionage

October 4, 2016 5:44 PM EDT

New York, October 4, 2016 – Russian authorities should immediately release Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Sushchenko, a Paris-based correspondent for Ukraine’s state news agency, Ukrinform, is being held on accusations of espionage.

Remembering Pavel Sheremet, IPFA honoree, friend to CPJ, and hard-nosed journalist

July 21, 2016 3:55 PM EDT

Pavel Sheremet, who died yesterday when a bomb blew up the car he was driving in Kiev, was a CPJ International Press Freedom awardee in 1998. At the awards ceremony in the glittery Waldorf-Astoria Hotel that November, Sheremet was a no show.

Flowers and a portrait of Pavel Sheremet mark the site of the journalist's murder in Kiev, July 20, 2016. (Sergei Chusavkov/AP)

Journalist Pavel Sheremet killed in Ukraine car bombing

July 20, 2016 11:56 AM EDT

New York, July 20, 2016 — Ukrainian authorities must credibly investigate the murder of award-winning journalist Pavel Sheremet and ensure all those responsible are swiftly brought to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Sherement, 44, was killed in Kiev today after an explosive device detonated under the car he was driving.

Ukraine bars 17 Russian journalists from entering country

June 2, 2016 12:24 PM EDT

New York, June 2, 2016 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by Ukraine’s decision to bar 17 Russian journalists from entering the country until December 31, 2017.

CPJ urges Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to condemn threats to journalists

May 24, 2016 2:16 PM EDT

CPJ urges the Ukrainian president to condemn and investigate threats to journalists who have worked in eastern Ukraine.

Hackers, lawmaker put reporters at risk in Ukraine

May 11, 2016 1:48 PM EDT

New York, May 11, 2016 — The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the publication of the personal details of thousands of journalists and media workers who have reported from eastern Ukraine. CPJ also denounced a member of the Ukrainian parliament’s praise for that action.

Heroines for Press Freedom

April 27, 2016 8:00 AM EDT

Late on the evening of September 16, 2000, 31-year-old Ukrainian investigative journalist Georgy Gongadze left a colleague’s house in Kiev and headed home to where his wife and young daughters awaited him. He never made it.