More journalists killed on the job as reprisal murders nearly double
December 19, 2018 12:00 AM ET
Journalists from Saudi Arabia to Afghanistan to the U.S. were targeted for murder in 2018 in reprisal for their work, bringing the total of journalists killed on duty to its highest in three years. The number of journalists killed...
In Mexico, 'narcopolitics' is a deadly mix for journalists covering crime and politics
December 19, 2018 12:00 AM ET
It was 3 p.m. on January 13 when Carlos Domínguez Rodríguez stopped at a traffic light in Nuevo Laredo, in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Two men approached the car of the well-known newspaper columnist, opened the driver's...
Local reporter covering corruption is abducted and beaten to death in Jharkhand, India
November 1, 2018 4:11 PM ET
New Delhi, November 1, 2018--Indian authorities should thoroughly investigate the killing of reporter Chandan Tiwari and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Tiwari, a reporter for the Hindi daily Aj, was abducted on...
Radio journalist gunned down in Somalia
October 31, 2018 5:42 PM ET
Nairobi, Kenya, October 31, 2018--Authorities in Somalia should urgently investigate the killing of radio journalist Abdullahi Mire Hashi, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. At least two unidentified gunmen shot Abdullahi in the town of Elasha Biyaha, about...
Getting Away with Murder
October 29, 2018 11:00 AM ET
CPJ's 2018 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and their killers go free By Elisabeth Witchel, CPJ Impunity Campaign Consultant Impunity is entrenched in 14 nations, according to CPJ's 2018 Global Impunity Index, which ranks states...
Senate Foreign Relations Committee must keep up pressure over Khashoggi
October 25, 2018 3:24 PM ET
CPJ writes to the leaders of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, requesting that they ensure the Trump administration conducts a quick and thorough investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's killing, as required by the Magnitsky Act, and that they consider holding independent hearings on Saudi Arabia.
The path(s) to justice in Jamal Khashoggi's murder
October 23, 2018 3:41 PM ET
In an emotional address to Turkey's parliament today, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan described the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a savage and premeditated act and demanded that Saudi officials be brought to Turkey to stand trial. Most of...
Efforts to find mastermind in murder of Malta journalist Caruana Galizia stalled
October 19, 2018 12:35 PM ET
Journalists don't typically get murdered in Western European democracies that are members of the European Union. Which is why the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta last year was so shocking, and the lack of progress on finding...
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...