Events

HRDs, Journalists, & Online Activists undertake their work in a dangerous environment Organised by: International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR): A discussion of threats to Human Rights Defenders, Journalists, & Online Activists working in Yemen’s dangerous environment.

CPJ joins twelve human rights groups, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (HRW), Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP), in calling on members of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva to ensure that the dire human rights situation in Egypt is addressed by the UN…

Today, people have the tools to hold power structures to account. Cellphone videos and live distribution channels are being used as evidence for advocacy in cases of police and military accountability, protests, and hate crimes. But, in a troubling trend, those involved in capturing and distributing the footage face serious repercussions. Join us for a…

“The great mistake is to live in Mexico and to be a journalist” — Javier Valdez, in his 2016 book Narcoperiodismo Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a working journalist. When reporter Javier Valdez was pulled from his car and executed in Culiacán, Sinaloa on May 15, he…

The Committee to Protect Journalists is co-sponsoring a series of journalism-focused panels along with Sophia University and Waseda University in Tokyo, on June 2 and 4. Both events are open to the public, although Sophia University asks that you register here.

The UN Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea (MOFA) are convening a two-day terrorism and information communication technologies.

In 2015, the Jerusalem Press Club (JPC) hosted an international conference on The Freedom of the Press: Old Commitments, New Challenges. The Jerusalem Conference brought from all around the world 56 leading journalists with experience in covering war zones, editors and publishers, representatives of organizations working to safeguard freedom of the press and the protection…

Terror creates chaos. Terrorism affects the entire society. Has the world become more dangerous, a scarier place? Or does it only feel that way? We need to increase our awareness on how different concepts regarding terrorism are used in journalism. We need to work together on this, it is both difficult and important. Therefore, the…

To mark World Press Freedom Day 2017, join the Committee to Protect Journalists, Access Now, and Article 19 at the EU Delegation to the United Nations for a panel discussion on strategies to address challenges to freedom of expression. The panel will discuss global trends toward suppression of free speech and press freedom, approaches to…

Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, with endemic impunity allowing criminal gangs, corrupt officials, and cartels to silence their critics. Since 2010, CPJ has documented more than 50 cases of journalists and media workers killed or disappeared. The violence is particularly acute in Veracruz state, where attacks on…