CPJ to join 2016 James Foley Freedom Run
CPJ staff and friends are joining many others in the U.S. and other countries for the James W. Foley Freedom Run. The event–a virtual run where supporters can take part from anywhere in the world–is scheduled for October 15, 2016. CPJ will hold its run in New York City. You can join the CPJ team…
Save the date – Sept 16, 2016 – #ProtectJournalists event ahead of UNGA
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) invite you to a panel discussion to raise awareness on the killings of journalists and the #ProtectJournalists campaign to appoint a Special Representative to the UNSG for the Safety of Journalists, endorsed by a large coalition of supporters.
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of August 7, 2016
Police detain 42 employees of state broadcaster The official Anatolia News Agency reported today that police detained 42 employees of state broadcaster TRT on suspicion of affiliation with the Hizment movement, which the Turkish government alleges orchestrated a July 15 failed military coup. Anatolia did not named the detainees or their positions at TRT but…
CPJ International Press Freedom Awards 2016
CPJ’s annual International Press Freedom Awards and benefit dinner honored courageous journalists from around the world on November 22, 2016, in New York City. (Courtesy of CBS) Profile videos and speeches by the 2016 awardees are available: Malini Subramaniam: video profile and speech Mahmoud Abou Zeid (Shawkan): video profile Can Dündar: video profile and speech…
CPJ announces 2016 International Press Freedom Award winners
Awardees from Egypt, India, Turkey, and El Salvador New York, July 18, 2016–The Committee to Protect Journalists will honor journalists from Egypt, India, Turkey, and El Salvador with its 2016 International Press Freedom Awards. The journalists have faced threats, legal action, and imprisonment. CPJ is also honoring Christiane Amanpour, chief international correspondent and anchor at…
Impunity Newsletter June 2016
Impunity Newsletter June 2016 Nine out of 10 murders of journalists worldwide go unpunished; join the fight to end impunity #noimpunity #endimpunity #speakjusticenow Democracies Must Account for Impunity Accounting for impunity is the first step to ending it. In September UNESCO will publish its bi-annual report on journalist safety and impunity. In the report, UNESCO’s…
Attacks on the Press 2016
Attacks on the Press 2016 Edition | Gender and Media Freedom Worldwide Introduction: Breaking the Silence by Joel Simon Some of the information we need to make sense of a complex world is missing. Read More › The Sadness of May the 25th by Jineth Bedoya Lima A Colombian journalist recounts the rape that led…
In Ethiopia, journalist detained since 2013 handed jail sentence
New York, March 11, 2016–Solomon Kebede, the managing editor of the now-defunct Ethiopian paper Ye Muslimoch Guday (Muslim Affairs), was sentenced to prison Thursday, more than three years after being jailed on anti-terrorism charges. CPJ was not immediately able to reconcile conflicting reports on the exact length of the prison sentence.
CPJ welcomes convictions in 2013 murder of Bangladeshi blogger
New York, December 31, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes today’s convictions in the case of Ahmed Rajib Haider, a blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh in February 2013. A Dhaka court sentenced two students to death for murder, including Rezwanul Azad Rana, a fugitive who was charged in absentia and who was described by…