Special report: When spyware turns phones into weapons
How zero-click surveillance threatens reporters, sources, and global press freedom By Fred Guterl Published October 13, 2022 Aida Alami has always been wary of surveillance. As a journalist from Morocco, a state with a track record of intercepting phone calls and messages of political rivals, activists, and journalists, she habitually took precautions to protect her…
Philippines, Somalia fuel record death toll
CPJ survey finds at least 68 journalists killed in 2009 New York, December 17, 2009—At least 68 journalists worldwide were killed for their work in 2009, the highest yearly tally ever documented by the Committee to Protect Journalists, the organization said in its year-end analysis. The record toll was driven in large part by the…
Crackdown in Cuba
Background Versión en español News Archive List of imprisoned journalists Cuba’s draconian laws Versión en español De Cuba magazine Versión en español Surviving Cuba’s prisons: An interview Manuel Vázquez Portal speaks at awards ceremony Dozens of Latin American writers join CPJ in urging Castro to release jailed colleagues March 16, 2005 Fidel Castro Ruz President…
CPJ Releases New Journalist Security Handbook
New York, October 29, 2003–The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today released an updated version of its journalist security handbook, titled “On Assignment: A Guide to Reporting in Dangerous Situations.” This new edition, which is available in hard copy and online (read or download PDF), draws on lessons learned in the most recent war in…
On Assignment: Covering Conflicts Safely
CPJ RELEASES JOURNALIST SECURITY HANDBOOK New York, February 27, 2003–In an effort to prepare journalists for potentially hazardous reporting duties in conflict zones, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today released an online journalist security handbook, titled “On Assignment: Covering Conflict Safely” (click here). The handbook, which is geared toward editors and journalists covering conflict,…
Special Reports 1996-9
Special Report Archives from 2000 to the present Gueï’s Way, by Yves Sorokobi. The leader of the Christmas Eve coup in the Ivory Coast promises press freedom. But how much? Posted Dec. 28, 1999 Profile in Courage by Jerome Aumente Zeljko Kopanja lost his legs for daring to suggest that some of his fellow Bosnian…