Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of July 30, 2018
August 2, 2018 12:14 PM ET
Journalist threatened Hale Gönültaş, a reporter for the news website Gazete Duvar, received a death threat on July 30, three days after the publication of her feature on the Islamic State militant group selling Yezidi women as slaves, her...
In Afghanistan, at least 10 journalists killed in one day in bombings and shooting
April 30, 2018 2:12 PM ET
New York, April 30, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned multiple attacks in Afghanistan that killed at least 10 journalists in one of the deadliest days CPJ has recorded for the country's press....
Brazilian reporter charged with 'promoting terrorism' after reporting on the militant group Islamic State
April 27, 2018 12:43 PM ET
São Paulo, April 27, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Brazilian authorities to drop anti-state charges against Felipe de Oliveira Araújo Rodrigues, a Rio de Janeiro-based journalist who infiltrated a Brazilian group of supporters of the Islamic...
Islamic State recedes but threats to journalists in Iraq and Syria remain
December 21, 2017 12:00 AM ET
After three years of fighting in Iraq and Syria, the militant group Islamic State has been forced out of large swathes of territory. But local journalists and press freedom groups with whom CPJ spoke said that the defeat of...
Gunmen, suicide bombers attack Kabul TV station
November 7, 2017 3:56 PM ET
New York, November 7, 2017--The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the attack on a television station today in Kabul, Afghanistan. Gunmen and suicide bombers this morning attacked Shamshad TV, a leading Pashto-language station, killing one security guard and...
CPJ safety advisory: use of chemical agents in the Mosul offensive
March 6, 2017 2:42 PM ET
A dozen civilians, including women and children, have been treated for suspected exposure to a blistering chemical agent following an Islamic State (IS) attack on East Mosul, Iraq, last week, according to news reports. The International Committee of the Red...
Getting Away With Murder
October 27, 2016 8:00 AM ET
CPJ’s 2016 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free By Elisabeth Witchel, CPJ Impunity Campaign Consultant Published October 27, 2016. Some of the highest rates of impunity in the murders of journalists...