CPJ chairman says Trump is threat to press freedom
October 13, 2016 12:30 PM ET
New York, October 13, 2016--The chairman of the board of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Sandra Mims Rowe, issued the following statement on behalf of the organization: Guaranteeing the free flow of information to citizens through a robust, independent...
Hackers, lawmaker put reporters at risk in Ukraine
May 11, 2016 1:48 PM ET
New York, May 11, 2016 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the publication of the personal details of thousands of journalists and media workers who have reported from eastern Ukraine. CPJ also denounced a member of the Ukrainian...
Journalists detained, threatened while covering MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine
July 21, 2014 5:04 PM ET
New York, July 21, 2014--Pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine should stop threatening and obstructing journalists from reporting on the Malaysia Airlines plane crash, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Journalists killed, attacked as clashes erupt in Egypt
August 14, 2013 6:05 PM ET
New York, August 14, 2013--At least two journalists on assignment were among the hundreds killed today in clashes between Egyptian security forces and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, according to news reports. Multiple journalists have also reported being...
A journalist's account of a Cambodian activist's death
August 27, 2012 1:08 PM ET
Here's a quick pointer to a piece in the Daily Beast by freelance reporter Olesia Plokhii, who worked at The Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh until May this year. Plokhii's moving story, "Death of a Forester," describes the death...