Belgium / Europe & Central Asia

  
People keep vigils in hopes for justice in the murder of Hrant Dink. (Reuters)

Paris and Brussels mobilize for Hrant Dink murder trial

On January 19, 2007, Hrant Dink, the founder and editor-in-chief of the Armenian-Turkish weekly Agos, was gunned down in front of his office building in Istanbul. The murder sent shockwaves through the Turkish and international human rights and press freedom communities. It also triggered a mobilization of thousands of Turkish intellectuals, activists, and citizens that…

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Joel Simon at CPJ's Japan launch of Attacks on the Press. (Reuters)

CPJ launches yearly findings globally, and is heard

On February 16, CPJ held an ambitious international launch of our annual report Attacks on the Press. We coordinated events in six cities on four continents in order to expand the reach of our international headlines while also focusing on specific issues in each region. So how did we do?

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Russia, EU tell CPJ they will act on Russian murders

On September 15, a CPJ delegation released a special report in Moscow on impunity in journalist killings committed in Russia under the country’s current leadership. The report, Anatomy of Injustice, garnered an unusual amount of attention from the Russian media. Our press conference at the Independent Press Center was packed with journalists, both domestic and…

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