CPJ joins legal effort to support detained journalist Mario Guevara
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined four press freedom groups—including Freedom of the Press Foundation, PEN America, and Reporters Without Borders—in an amicus brief supporting detained Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara’s habeas corpus petition in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Guevara faces imminent deportation back to his native El Salvador. The brief, filed by media…
CPJ, partners urge Congress to protect USAGM-affiliated journalists from deportation
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined PEN America and other partner organizations in a joint letter Tuesday urging Congress to take immediate action to protect journalists affiliated with the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) outlets — such as Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty — from the risk of…
The murder of Mexican photographer Espinosa has touched a nerve
The July 31 murder of Mexican photographer Rubén Espinosa hit the press freedom community really hard. Espinosa, who was found in an apartment with four female victims–all of them shot in the head–had fled the state of Veracruz in June and sought refuge in Mexico City, where he thought he would be safe from threats…