Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Martinez became one of the latest casualties of the violence in Mexico as he was shot and killed at his residence. CPJ calls for a thorough investigation to determine whether it was related to his job as a reporter.

On 19 January, police detained five people, including two men who allegedly were hired to execute the killing, two coordinators of the attack, and the alleged mastermind – a local education department chief, implicated by Batyrbekov in a corruption scandal.

At least 27 journalists were killed due to their work in 2021, with India and Mexico topping the list of countries with the most media worker deaths, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ final data for the year.

“Ivulin’s case shows that authorities will use any excuse to punish members of the press who dare to cover protests or other newsworthy events that the government prefers be kept quiet” – CPJ

Public media journalists in Angola are prone to attacks by people who are angry at their perceived bias toward the government and ruling party.

Journalists covering protests against Sudan’s military rulers are being harassed by authorities.

Peruvian authorities should not contest journalist Christopher Acosta and Penguin Random House Peru director Jerónimo Pimentel’s appeal of a recent criminal defamation conviction and should stop using criminal defamation laws against members of the press.

Steven Butler writes about the challenges and difficulties that journalists may encounter in the Beijing Winter Olympics.