Musa Mohamed
Mohamed, who was the director of the state-run radio station Raja FM, 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 assailants opened fire on…
Randa George
George was killed along with four other journalists when unidentified gunmen ambushed an official convoy in South Sudan’s Western Bahr al Ghazal state, according to news reports. George was a reporter for the local radio station Raja FM. According to reports, the two-car convoy was traveling between the towns of Raga and Sepo when the…
Isaiah Diing Abraham Chan Awuol
Awuol was shot dead by unidentified men in Gudele, a suburb of Juba, the capital, according to a member of Awuol’s family and a local journalist citing another relative. The sources said the gunmen came to Awuol’s home a little after midnight, asked him to come outside, and then shot him dead and took his…
Getting Away with Murder
CPJ’s 2019 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and their killers go free Published October 29, 2019 Somalia is the world’s worst country for the fifth year in a row when it comes to prosecuting murderers of journalists, CPJ’s 2019 Global Impunity Index found. War and political instability have fostered a deadly…
CPJ Insider: September 2019 edition
Putting First Amendment values in the spotlight CPJ has partnered with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the Los Angeles Times to produce LA Press Freedom Week, five days of programming that will engage the public and the journalistic community in and around Los Angeles in a conversation about today’s challenges to press freedom and…
At least 7 journalists arrested throughout Turkey within 2 days
Do you have five minutes? Please take this survey to help us improve this newsletter. Thank you! In the span of just two days, at least seven journalists were arrested in Turkey in the cities of Diyarbakır, Mardin, and Istanbul. Turkey has been the world’s worst jailer of journalists for three successive years, with at…
Getting Away with Murder
CPJ’s 2018 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and their killers go free By Elisabeth Witchel, CPJ Impunity Campaign Consultant Impunity is entrenched in 14 nations, according to CPJ’s 2018 Global Impunity Index, which ranks states with the worst records of prosecuting the killers of journalists.
Nigerian president Buhari must ensure release of journalist Jones Abiri
The Committee to Protect Journalists and 20 other organizations call for the release of journalist Jones Abiri, who has been held by Nigeria’s Department of State Security (DSS) for nearly two years, and the DSS to be held accountable for its attacks against journalists in Nigeria.
