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In Internet freedom fight, why the ITU matters (for now)

By Danny O'Brien/CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator on December 14, 2012 12:39 PM EST

For most of its almost-150-year history, the meetings of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations’ communications standards body, have been rather predictable affairs.

A still from the video showing a Sri Lankan soldier about to execute a prisoner. (AFP/Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka)

Integrity vs. authenticity in video journalism

By Rebecca Wexler/CPJ Guest Blogger on December 13, 2012 2:20 PM EST

Back in November 2010, Britain’s Channel 4 broadcast a leaked video that appears to show men in Sri Lankan military uniforms executing bound prisoners, the camera panning across a series of bodies laid out in a ditch. Family and friends identified one of those bodies as that of Tamil Tiger TV newscaster Shoba, also known…

Number of jailed journalists sets global record

December 11, 2012 12:01 AM EST

Worldwide tally reaches highest point since CPJ began surveys in 1990. Governments use charges of terrorism, other anti-state offenses to silence critical voices. Turkey is the world’s worst jailer. A CPJ special report

Journalists call for freedom of the press in a 2011 rally in Ankara. (AFP/Adem Altan)

For Turkey, world’s leading jailer, a path forward

By Joel Simon/CPJ Executive Director on December 11, 2012 12:00 AM EST

Turkey has no business being the world’s leading jailer of journalists. But the numbers don’t lie. With 49 journalists imprisoned for their work, according to CPJ’s annual worldwide prison census, released today, Turkey holds more individuals behind bars than Iran (45), China (32), or Eritrea (28). How did Turkey find itself in this situation? Unlike…

2012 prison census: 232 journalists jailed worldwide

December 10, 2012 5:18 PM EST

232 journalists jailed worldwide As of December 1, 2012 Analysis: A record high | Video: Free the press | Audio: From a Cuban prisonCPJ Blog: Turkey’s path forward | Rwanda’s injustice

Several journalists were reported injured at this explosion near a Shia site in Karachi today. (AFP/Asif Hassan)

Journalists reported injured in Karachi bomb blast

November 21, 2012 12:04 PM EST

New York, November 21, 2012–Several Pakistani journalists were injured in a bomb blast today at a Shia site in Karachi that came just 30 minutes after an earlier explosion, according to news reports.

Tibetan voices censored around China’s Party Congress

By Madeline Earp on November 14, 2012 1:30 PM EST

Reports of a massive surveillance operation in Tibet and harassment of journalists covering Tibetan issues cast a shadow over eagerly anticipated leadership appointments expected tomorrow in Beijing.

Obama should address media rights in Southeast Asia

November 14, 2012 11:12 AM EST

Dear President Obama: We are pleased that you will begin your second term as U.S. president with a trip to Southeast Asia. As you visit Burma, Cambodia, and Thailand from November 17 through 20 while attending the 21st Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and related meetings in Phnom Penh, we hope that your commitment to human rights and the fundamental right to free expression remains an important aspect of your agenda.

CPJ Impact

By Nancy Sai on October 31, 2012 7:34 PM EDT

News from the Committee to Protect Journalists, October 2012 Tackling Turkey’s press freedom crisis Turkey’s use of broad anti-state charges to jail at least 61 journalists in reprisal for their work has resulted in the country being ranked the worst jailer of journalists, surpassing global press freedom violators such as China and Iran, CPJ found…

Lebanese journalist abducted by rebel group in Syria

October 29, 2012 4:39 PM EDT

New York, October 29, 2012–A rebel group abducted a Lebanese journalist in the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday, bringing to at least five the number of international journalists being held captive by various sides of the conflict. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the journalists’ captors to immediately release them and stop targeting…