Gambia issues arrest warrants for suspects in Deyda Hydara murder
May 18, 2017 6:36 PM ET
New York, May 17, 2017--A magistrate's court in Banjul today issued arrest warrants for two people suspected of murdering Gambian editor Deyda Hydara in 2004, according to media reports. The two suspects are not in the country, according to...
Javier Valdez Cárdenas, brave and beloved Mexican journalist
May 15, 2017 6:24 PM ET
When Mexican journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas arrived in New York City in November 2011 to accept CPJ's International Press Freedom Award, he and his staff had already suffered a grenade attack on the offices of their weekly, Ríodoce. Weeks...
Mexican president pledges to prioritize journalist safety and combat impunity
May 4, 2017 7:01 PM ET
Mexico City, May 4, 2017-- Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto today pledged to prioritize combating impunity in the murders of journalists for the remainder of his term, which ends next year. He said the safety and protection of journalists...
No Excuse: Mexico must break cycle of impunity in journalists' murders
May 2, 2017 5:00 PM ET
Mexico’s press is caught in a deadly cycle of violence and impunity, with journalists in Veracruz state at particular risk of kidnap and murder. Despite authorities appointing a special prosecutor to investigate crimes against freedom of expression and establishing a...
No Excuse
May 2, 2017 5:00 PM ET
Marcos Hernández Bautista: the rebel reporter Marcos Hernández Bautista usually brushed off death threats. But in January 2016, the reporter who regularly covered government corruption in towns near the Pacific coast of Oaxaca state in southern Mexico, received several menacing...