Turkey indicts 20 Saudi nationals over Jamal Khashoggi killing
March 25, 2020 12:30 PM ET
New York, March 25, 2020 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists today welcomed an announcement that Turkish officials have indicted 20 Saudi nationals on charges of murder and incitement linked to the 2018 killing of exiled Saudi journalist Jamal...
CPJ welcomes conviction in murder of Mexican journalist Javier Valdez
February 28, 2020 11:39 AM ET
Culiacán, February 28, 2020 – The Committee to Protect Journalists today welcomed the conviction of one of the murderers of Mexican journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas, and urged authorities to bring all the perpetrators, including the mastermind, to justice....
Somali freelancer Abdiwali Ali Hassan killed in Lower Shabelle region
February 18, 2020 6:38 PM ET
New York, February 18, 2020--Somali broadcast journalist Abdiwali Ali Hassan was shot several times near his home in the town of Afgooye, about 30 km (19 miles) outside Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on February 16, and died on his way...
CPJ welcomes call for targeted sanctions to protect journalists
February 13, 2020 10:24 AM ET
When the U.K. launched an initiative to support media freedom in the waning days of Jeremy Hunt’s tenure as foreign minister, CPJ was skeptical that this government-led effort would be more than a feel-good campaign. However, we chose to...
Saudi court sentences 8 for Jamal Khashoggi killing
December 23, 2019 10:35 AM ET
New York, December 23, 2019 -- The Saudi public prosecutor’s office announced today that a court had sentenced five people to death and three to jail terms for their roles in the October 2018 killing of Saudi journalist and...
Ten years for justice in Maguindanao case is too long: We can do better
December 19, 2019 12:00 AM ET
Never Forget. This became the rallying cry among journalists, freedom of expression activists and human rights defenders as they demanded justice following the massacre on November 23, 2009 of 58 people in Maguindanao. The attack, in which 32 journalists...
In the Philippines, convictions finally achieved for Maguindanao massacre
December 18, 2019 11:33 PM ET
Bangkok, December 19, 2019—The Committee to Protect Journalists today welcomed a Philippine court’s decision to hold to account the mastermind, his brother and 26 accomplices of the 2009 Maguindanao massacre....
Number of journalists killed falls sharply as reprisal murders hit record low
December 17, 2019 11:59 AM ET
As wars subsided and a record low number of journalists were murdered in reprisal for reporting, the total number of journalists killed because of their work fell sharply in 2019. A CPJ special report by Elana Beiser...
Radio journalist Dindo Generoso shot and killed in the Philippines
November 11, 2019 10:58 AM ET
Bangkok, November 11, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the killing of radio reporter Dindo Generoso in the central Philippines, and called on Philippine authorities to identify the motive behind the killing and bring all of the perpetrators...
