Letters

  

CPJ, 102 partners call for continued human rights scrutiny of South Sudan

CPJ joined 102 other non-governmental organizations in a joint letter urging the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to maintain its calls for accountability in South Sudan amid the country’s ongoing and widespread human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings, “egregious violations of women’s and girls’ rights” and the persistence of “localized conflict and intercommunal violence.” …

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Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema, who has previously promised to positivly reform Zambia’s existing cyber crime legislation, said he was open to further dialogue with civil society on the two bills. (Photo: Reuters/Shelley Christians)

CPJ urges Zambian government to withdraw cyber bills from parliament

The Committee to Protect Journalists sent a letter calling on the Zambian government to withdraw the Cyber Security Bill 2024 and Cyber Crimes Bill 2024 from the country’s National Assembly for a comprehensive review to ensure they align with constitutional protections of freedom of the press as well as regional and international standards on freedom of expression.  CPJ raised concerns that…

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes President of the European Union Ursula von der Leyen upon her arrival at the G20 Summit in New Delhi in 2023.

CPJ, partners call on European Commission to hold India to account over rights crisis

On February 13, CPJ joined 11 other organizations in calling on the European Commission to step up its engagement with the Indian authorities over human rights, including press freedom, during its upcoming visit to the country. The European Commission is seeking to strengthen its partnership with India, at a time when the government has been…

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A general view shows the Parliament building at the New Administrative Capital (NAC) in the east of Cairo, Egypt, March 24, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

CPJ, others call on Egypt to reform its draft Criminal Procedure Code

The Committee to Protect Journalists, along with 11 other press freedom and human rights organizations, calls on Egyptian authorities to reject the current draft of the Criminal Procedure Code so a new code be developed in line with international human rights standards. The joint statement highlights several problematic provisions in the draft—especially Articles 79, 80, and 116—that…

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Mohamed Boughalleb

CPJ urges Tunisia president to release journalist Mohamed Boughalleb

The Committee to Protect Journalists sent a letter to Tunisian President Kais Saied on February 12 asking him to secure the release of journalist Mohamed Boughalleb, whose health is gravely worsening, and to repeal the cybercrime law Decree 54. Boughalleb, a reporter with local independent channel Carthage Plus and local independent radio station Cap FM,…

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Alain Berset speaks at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in 2023, in Dubai, when he was Swiss President.

CPJ, partners call on Council of Europe to act on repression in Azerbaijan

On January 21, CPJ joined nine other organizations in calling on the Council of Europe’s parliament, when it meets at the end of the month, to challenge Azerbaijan’s escalating repression, including against the media. The Azerbaijani delegation is currently suspended from participating in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) because the country…

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Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, center, leaves after casting his vote during the parliamentary election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

CPJ, partners urge new Sri Lankan president to protect press freedom

The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday, January 13 joined 24 civil society organizations in urging recently elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to uphold press freedom. CPJ has documented a persistent pattern of impunity for murders and attacks against journalists in Sri Lanka, including dozens that occurred during and in the aftermath of the country’s 26-year civil war that ended in…

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Carlos Correa

CPJ signs joint statements in support of disappeared Venezuelan journalist Carlos Correa

On January 8, CPJ joined 29 press freedom and advocacy organizations in a statement demanding the immediate release of Venezuelan journalist Carlos Correa, director of Caracas-based press freedom group Espacio Público, who was forcibly disappeared the previous day in the capital.  On January 9, CPJ signed another joint statement along with six organizations urging the…

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CPJ urges Ukraine president to halt media intimidation, allow journalists to work freely

The Committee to Protect Journalists, in a letter to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on December 19, 2024, asked him to ensure that journalists and media outlets can work freely in Ukraine and that no one responsible for intimidating journalists goes unpunished, following a year marked by several incidents of pressure, intimidation, and surveillance, as well…

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Turkey parliament

CPJ, partners call on European Commission to act on Turkey’s foreign influence agent bill

The Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday joined 55 partner organizations in a joint letter to Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, to ask her to act on Turkey’s temporarily shelved foreign “influence agent bill,” which introduces a vaguely defined new offense called “committing a crime against the security or political interests…

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