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Cars drive on a highway on a sunny winter day in Kiev, Ukraine in January 2017. Igor Guzhva, editor-in-chief of the Kiev-based news website Strana, fled from Ukraine to Austria after receiving death threats, according to a statement published on the site.(Reuters/Gleb Garanich)

Editor flees Ukraine after receiving death threats

February 1, 2018 5:34 PM EST

Kiev, February 1, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists called today on Ukrainian authorities to investigate death threats made against Igor Guzhva, editor-in-chief of the Kiev-based news website Strana. Guzhva fled to Austria after receiving death threats, and amid “unprecedented pressure from the [Ukrainian] authorities,” according to a statement from the editor that was published yesterday…

U.N. Human Rights Council resolution defends the press

September 27, 2012 5:22 PM EDT

New York, September 27, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes today’s passage of a Human Rights Council Resolution on the Safety of Journalists. The resolution represents a robust effort to secure action that will safeguard journalists and deliver justice if they are killed.