Press freedom summit urges Mexico to reform journalist protections
July 2, 2019 6:21 PM ET
On June 18, more than 400 people converged in Mexico City for CPJ's Mexico Press Freedom Summit. Energized by a sense that the country is at a point of profound political change under the government of President Andrés Manuel...
Ahead of elections, Brazil's police announce plan to crackdown on 'fake news'
January 30, 2018 10:35 AM ET
In November last year, Brazilian police stopped a truck on a highway in the center of the country and, after a thorough search, discovered more than six tons of marijuana stashed in false compartments. The truck had the name...
CPJ joins Council of Europe journalism safety platform
October 16, 2015 6:19 PM ET
The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined the Council of Europe's platform to protect journalism and promote the safety of journalists. The Strasbourg-based body set up the reporting system earlier this year as a way to hold its 47...
Mission Journal: Window of opportunity to advance press freedom in Indonesia
December 11, 2014 5:52 PM ET
A sense of optimism seems to be filling the streets of Jakarta after the election of President Joko Widodo, who took office a few weeks ago. Against this backdrop of hope, the Committee to Protect Journalists joined other press...
CPJ urges respect for media freedom in South Africa
July 14, 2014 2:35 PM ET
Dear Hlaudi Motsoeneng: The Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide, is writing to express its concern at recent anti-press statements you made at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
Terror charges for Al-Jazeera in Egypt prompt outcry
January 31, 2014 10:15 AM ET
Today, the Committee to Protect Journalists joined other leading international media freedom and human rights organizations, including Article 19, Index on Censorship, and Reporters Without Borders, in calling on the European Union and United States to demand Egyptian authorities drop...
CPJ alarmed by threats against Article 19 in Mexico
April 22, 2013 1:33 PM ET
New York, April 22, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a death threat sent to the Mexico office of the international freedom of expression organization Article 19. "Mexican authorities must launch an exhaustive investigation into this threat...
Dear CPJ: Some malware from your 'friend'
August 30, 2012 4:32 PM ET
We talk a lot about hacking attacks against individual journalists here, but what typifies an attempt to access a reporter's computer? Joel Simon, CPJ's executive director, received an email last week that reflects some characteristics of a malware attack...