Legal setbacks could thwart progress in resolving journalist murders
Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where killers of journalists go free New York, October 28, 2020—Fragile gains toward reducing the murders of journalists worldwide could be thwarted by legal appeals and lack of political leadership, the Committee to Protect Journalists found in a new report published today. The 2020 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where…
Getting Away with Murder
CPJ’s 2020 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and their killers go free By Elana Beiser/CPJ Editorial Director Published October 28, 2020 Incremental progress toward reducing the murders of journalists worldwide is fragile and could be thwarted by legal appeals and lack of political leadership, CPJ found in its latest report on…
Emmanuel Monychol Akop
On November 4, 2019, agents with the South Sudan National Security Services detained without charge Emmanuel Monychol, editor-in-chief of the privately owned The Dawn newspaper. The editor was previously attacked in 2018 in possible reprisal for his work, and is the subject of a government minister’s civil defamation suit, according to his outlet. National Security Services agents…
Christopher Allen
Christopher Allen, a British-American freelance journalist, was shot dead in Kaya, South Sudan, near the country’s borders with Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, spokesmen with the country’s army and opposition forces told CPJ. Allen, 26, had been embedded with the military forces of the opposition, the SPLM-IO, for two weeks at the time…
Isaac Vuni
The body of Isaac Vuni, a freelance journalist who was a correspondent for The Sudan Tribune and the Juba Monitor, was found dumped on a farm not far from the village where he lived on September 26, 2016. The website South Sudan Liberty News reported, citing an unnamed witness, that armed men dressed in military…
Pow James Raeth
Raeth, a reporter for the private Radio Tamazuj, and his friend were shot to death by unknown gunmen in the town of Akobo, according to news reports. The two were gunned down after leaving a local NGO that had Internet access where Raeth filed a story on clashes between the Murle and Lou-Nuer tribes, according…
Peter Julius Moi
Unknown assailants shot Moi twice in the back near his home in the capital, Juba, at around 8 p.m., according to news reports. The journalist was walking home from work when the attack occurred, according to news reports and his family, who spoke to CPJ. Moi’s phone and money were not taken in the attack,…
Adam Juma
Juma was one of five journalists killed when unidentified gunmen ambushed an official convoy in South Sudan’s Western Bahr al Ghazal state, according to news reports. Juma was a reporter and presenter for the local radio station Raja FM. According to reports, the two-car convoy was returning from Sepo to Raja when the assailants opened…
Boutros Martin
Martin, who was a cameraman for the Western Bahr el Ghazal branch of South Sudan Television, was killed by unidentified gunmen during an ambush of an official convoy travelling through South Sudan’s Western Bahr al Ghazal state, according to news reports. According to reports, the two-car convoy was returning from Sepo to Raja when the…
Dalia Marko
Marko, a reporter for the local radio station Raja FM, was among five journalists killed when unidentified gunmen ambushed an official convoy in South Sudan’s Western Bahr al Ghazal state, according to news reports. According to reports, the two-car convoy was returning from Sepo to Raja when the assailants opened fire on the vehicles from…