Articles by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Over 90 rights groups call on US to make effective use of Global Magnitsky sanctions
“The unique power of Global Magnitsky sanctions greatly relies on the fact that this particular tool has a specific purpose – to condemn and hold accountable perpetrators of the world’s worst abuses.”
China shuts down journalist’s internet, cell service
Gao Yu told CPJ that she must go to a friend’s house or a restaurant to access the internet.
Iraqi Kurdistan: Two media workers killed and one injured in Turkish drone strike
“Turkish authorities should swiftly investigate this attack and determine if the reporting team was targeted for their work.”
DRC’s provincial officials go after journalists
Reporting on corruption puts journalists in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the crosshairs of public officials.
CPJ urges Mongolia not to contest investigative journalist’s appeal against conviction
The journalist was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison on various charges.
EU must take action against Israel’s unprecedented attacks on journalists and media freedom
IFEX joins calls on the EU to act decisively to protect press freedom and ensure accountability amid record journalist deaths in Gaza and severe media crackdowns in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
CPJ denounces Israel’s smearing of killed Palestinian journalists with unsubstantiated ‘terrorist’ labels
The nefarious tactic has been widely condemned as part of a broader effort to silence Palestinian journalists and undermine reporting from Gaza.
South Sudanese journalist denied medical attention during detention
Sisto Germano Ohide was arbitrarily arrested, detained and eventually released without being charged.