Gunmen in Pakistan kill K2 Times reporter
October 17, 2018 5:54 PM ET
New York, October 17, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Pakistani authorities to investigate and promptly bring to justice the killers of journalist Sohail Khan. Khan, a reporter for the Urdu daily K2 Times, was shot dead...
Peru mayoral candidate Daniel Urresti acquitted of Hugo Bustíos murder
October 4, 2018 9:13 PM ET
Medellín, October 4, 2018--Peru's National Criminal Chamber today acquitted former interior minister and current mayoral candidate Daniel Urresti of murder charges for the 1988 killing of war correspondent Hugo Bustíos, according to news reports. A lawyer for the Bustíos...
Acts of Intimidation: In Pakistan, journalists' fear and censorship grow even as fatal violence declines
September 12, 2018 12:00 AM ET
As killings of journalists in Pakistan decline so too does press freedom, as the country’s powerful military quietly, but effectively, restricts reporting by barring access, encouraging self-censorship through direct and indirect acts of intimidation, and even allegedly instigating violence...
Acts of Intimidation:
September 12, 2018 12:00 AM ET
Divided and alone, Pakistan’s press finds safety in numbers To compensate for the unwillingness or inability of government institutions to create a safe atmosphere for the press or tackle the ongoing issue of impunity in the murder of journalists,...
Mexican journalist killed in Quintana Roo
July 5, 2018 2:53 PM ET
Mexico City, July 5, 2018--Authorities in the southern Mexican state of Quintana Roo must immediately undertake a swift and credible investigation into the shooting death of journalist José Guadalupe Chan Dzib and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee...
Sri Lankan politicians try to intimidate journalists over New York Times report
July 3, 2018 2:20 PM ET
Washington, D.C., July 3, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on opposition politicians in Sri Lanka to stop trying to intimidate local journalists by publicly leveling accusations against them. At a press conference yesterday evening, associates of former...
Local radio journalist killed in northern Brazil
June 22, 2018 2:46 PM ET
Rio de Janeiro, June 22, 2018--Brazilian authorities should conduct a thorough and credible investigation into the killing of radio journalist Jairo Sousa, who was shot dead in northern Pará state yesterday, and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee...
Indian authorities must bring killers of Shujaat Bukhari to justice
June 14, 2018 4:34 PM ET
New Delhi, June 14, 2018--Indian authorities must ensure that there is a thorough and credible investigation into the murder of Shujaat Bukhari, founder and editor of the English-language daily Rising Kashmir, and bring the killers to justice, the Committee...
Inter-American Court of Human Rights orders Colombia to investigate journalist's murder
June 8, 2018 2:54 PM ET
Bogotá, Colombia, June 8, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today welcomed an historic ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that ordered the Colombian government to uphold its responsibility to investigate the 1998 murder of radio journalist Nelson...