Press Freedom Panel Discussion: “Government Control Through the Internet”
The new information technologies have brought big advances to humanity and there has been generated an explosion of new revolutions through more empowered citizens. However, governments are also using the Internet to control, spy and generate cybernetic attacks. Panelists: Jane Kirtley, University of Minnesota professor; Joel Simon, Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists…
Nobel Peace Prize Forum
This year’s programme will explore disarmament in its relation to conflict resolution, mediation and peacebuilding. Disarmament is a critical component of a peace that can be sustained. Sustainable peace also requires the involvement of multiple stakeholders, including women. One current, tragic example of the failure of disarmament and inclusive and sustainable peacebuilding is the Central…
Meeting of Community of Democracies Working Group on Freedom of Expression
Geneva, Switzerland UN Palais des Nations Wednesday 4th of March 2015 The Community of Democracies Working Group on Promoting Freedom of Opinion and Expression will convene at the 28th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva to discuss challenges and collaborative strategies to promote freedom of expression worldwide. CPJ is a member of the…
News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, February 2015
First step toward better safety for freelancers News agencies, press freedom organizations, and advocacy groups came together this month to address mounting concerns over the hiring and safety of freelance journalists. While dangers to freelancers have always been present, last year international journalists made up nearly a quarter of journalists killed, about double the proportion…
New standards aim to protect freelancers at risk
Press freedom groups, journalists, and news organizations codify global guidelines New York, February 12, 2015–A global network of freelance journalists, news media companies, advocacy organizations, and journalist safety groups today released a set of guidelines for freelance journalists working dangerous assignments and news organizations making such assignments. The guidelines represent unprecedented collaboration aimed at protecting…
FREELANCERS AT RISK: A call for global standards
Freelance journalism has never been more dangerous. At Columbia Journalism School in New York City, join an unprecedented coalition of leading news companies, freelance journalism organizations and press-freedom advocates responding to this crisis, by launching global safety principles and practices for international news organizations and the freelancers who work with them.
The News We Could Lose: New Threats to Journalism and Press Freedom
In conflict and crisis, journalists put themselves in peril to bring news to the world. With journalists being killed and imprisoned in record numbers, the Newseum presents a special program examining these threats and the rise of new strategies by terrorists and governments to suppress information.
News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, January 2015
Putting Charlie Hebdo in context When masked gunmen raided the office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on January 7, killing 12 people including eight journalists, the media turned to the Committee to Protect Journalists to put the attack in context and comment on the repercussions for press freedom worldwide. CPJ’s experts and directors gave…