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Anatomy of Injustice Chapter 5. No Foul Play: Brushing Aside Suspicious Deaths

September 15, 2009 12:14 AM EDT

The two victims were energetic journalists, expert in their fields, fair in their reporting. They died in suspicious circumstances that have not been fully investigated.

Anatomy of Injustice: In Their Words

September 15, 2009 12:11 AM EDT

Anatomy of Injustice: The Unsolved Killings of Journalists in Russia “The recognition, observance and protection of the rights and freedoms of man and citizen shall be the obligation of the State. … Everyone shall have the right to life. … Everyone shall be guaranteed the freedom of ideas and speech.” —Constitution of the Russian Federation, Articles…

Anatomy of Injustice Chapter 9. The Deadly Caucasus: Reporting at Extreme Risk

September 15, 2009 12:10 AM EDT

Journalists have been silenced for covering Chechnya and its neighboring republics, Dagestan and Ingushetia. Opaque investigations into the killings have fed deep skepticism.

Anatomy of Injustice Chapter 10. A (Limited) Success: Landmark Convictions Won

September 15, 2009 12:09 AM EDT

Guilty verdicts in the killing of Igor Domnikov show that persistence can lead to justice. But critics say the case, successful as it has been, remains far from complete.

Anatomy of Injustice: Appendix I

September 15, 2009 12:07 AM EDT

Excerpts from the work of journalists slain in Russia since 2000

Journalist faces jail for blogging on Russian explosion

August 21, 2009 4:16 PM EDT

New York, August 21, 2009–Prosecutors in Abakan, the capital of the Republic of Khakassia in southern Siberia, should drop their defamation charges against online editor Mikhail Afanasyev, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The charges are tied to a blog entry about Monday’s explosion at Russia’s largest hydroelectric plant that killed dozens of workers,…

Supporters hold photos of Estemirova at a remembrance in Moscow. (Reuters/Denis Sinyakov)

Natalya’s death: You don’t kill a story by killing a journalist

By Jean-Paul Marthoz/Senior Adviser on July 20, 2009 11:20 AM EDT

We were only 30 on Friday: representatives of human rights organizations, a few journalists and academics, a couple of anonymous “concerned citizens.” Standing on the Place de la Liberté (Freedom Square) in Brussels two blocks from the Parliament, a few meters away from a police team that had asked us to limit ourselves to a…

CPJ Impact

By Andrew Levinson on July 17, 2009 2:18 PM EDT

July 2009News from the Committee to Protect Journalists

Prominent reporter abducted, murdered in Chechnya

July 15, 2009 5:01 PM EDT

New York, July 15, 2009–Today’s brutal murder of prominent journalist and human rights activist Natalya Estemirova, at left, in Chechnya must be thoroughly investigated immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.Estemirova, 50, was abducted this morning in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, as she was leaving her apartment for work, Reuters reported. She was found shot in…

Free Maziar Bahari: 100 global journalists petition Iran

July 15, 2009 10:00 AM EDT

Your Excellency: We are writing to express our grave concern at the detention of our esteemed fellow journalist Maziar Bahari and to request his immediate release. Mr. Bahari has been detained since June 21. No charges have been brought against him, and he has not been granted access to a lawyer. As one of the most impartial and committed journalists in his field, he has reported regularly over the past decade from the Middle East, principally from Iran and Iraq, and provided consistently balanced and insightful reports. As an award-winning documentary filmmaker, he has earned global respect for his work.