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...
Newspaper publisher gunned down in the Philippines
June 7, 2018 1:06 PM ET
Bangkok, June 7, 2018--A Filipino journalist was shot and killed today in Panabo City, in the southern province of Davao del Norte, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the killing and called on authorities to...
'I don't feel safe now': Journalists in Ukraine anxious after Babchenko operation
June 6, 2018 12:01 PM ET
In the week since the Ukrainian security service, the SBU, staged the assassination of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, little if any dust stirred up by the elaborate and controversial operation--ostensibly carried out to foil a Russian plot to kill...
CPJ welcomes introduction of UK Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill
May 24, 2018 5:11 PM ET
May 24, 2018, London--The Committee to Protect Journalists today welcomed the U.K.'s decision to pass into law legislation that addresses human rights abuses. The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill, which yesterday received Royal Assent to be passed into law,...
Federal authorities in Mexico open investigation into journalist killed in Tabasco state
May 24, 2018 12:12 PM ET
Mexico City, May 24, 2018--Federal authorities in Mexico have opened an investigation into the killing of radio and television journalist Juan Carlos Huerta, who was shot dead near his home in the Tabasco state capital, Villahermosa, on May 15....
Make solving journalist murders a priority, CPJ tells US Helsinki Commission
May 9, 2018 3:33 PM ET
"Being a reporter in much of the world is dangerous work. Being an investigative reporter can be deadly," CPJ Deputy Executive Director Robert Mahoney told the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, known as the Helsinki Commission,...