By Mike O'Connor/CPJ Mexico Representative They would tell you that the killers haven't let them cover real news for several years--if you...
Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 05.16.2012
By Mohamed Keita/CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator Timely and accurate information about conditions of drought and famine in Africa's Sah...
Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 05.08.2012
By Bob Dietz/CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Amid political tumult in Islamabad, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and a team of six ministers...
Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 05.07.2012
By Madeline Earp/CPJ Senior Asia Research Associate China didn't make the cut for our 10 most censored countries. While the Chinese Communist ...
Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 05.02.2012
By Danny O'Brien/CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator One big reason for the Internet's success is its role as a universal standard, interoperable across...
Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 04.26.2012
By Frank Smyth/CPJ Senior Adviser for Journalist Security After the Salvadoran online newsmagazine El Faro exposed a secret government deal wit...
Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 04.17.2012
By Elisabeth Witchel/CPJ Consultant Brazil, Pakistan, and India--three nations with high numbers of unsolved journalist murders--failed an imp...
Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 04.16.2012
By Madeline Earp/CPJ Senior Asia Research Associate The sacking of Chongqing party leader Bo Xilai has sparked some entertaining gossip this ...
Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 04.16.2012
By Mohamed Keita/CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator Yesterday, while reporting on breaking news in Mali from studios in Atlanta, CNN Wire Newsdesk...
Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 04.16.2012
By Tom Rhodes/CPJ East Africa Consultant Last week, South Sudan's ruling party secretary-general, Pagan Amum, won an important cou...
Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 04.16.2012
By Danny O'Brien/CPJ Internet Advocacy Coordinator This month, the Mexican Senate approved an amendment to the country's constitution ...
Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 04.16.2012
By Madeline Earp/CPJ Senior Asia Research Associate Lhamo Tso has not spoken to her husband Dhondup Wangchen since March 17, 2008. She, t...
Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 05.26.2012
By Bob Dietz/CPJ Asia Program Coordinator In the wake of the U.N. Human Rights Council resolution calling for an investigation into Sri Lanka's ...
AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 03.03.2012
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A French journalist was found strangled with an electrical wire in his hotel room in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Monday, secu...
Posted 12.20.2011
The number of journalists who died on dangerous assignments reached their highest level on record in 2011, according to the Committee to Protect Journ...
Posted 11.23.2011
Last night, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) honored four brave individuals from Bahrain, Belarus, Mexico and Pakistan for their fearless re...
Posted 10.03.2011
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - After a news report detailing the capture of several members of Mexico's ruthless Zetas drug gang ran on television in the...
Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 08.15.2011
As much as one would like to end the story by saying "...and the people of Egypt lived happily ever after", it might just be too premature to say so.
AP | ANITA SNOW | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — China's crackdown on ethnic reporters and Iran's sustained suppression of critics has helped push the number of journalists jailed wo...
Aida Alami | Posted 05.25.2011
Last week, something extremely shocking happened: the Moroccan authorities took control of our newsroom and offices while we were working on that week's edition.
CPJ | Posted 05.25.2011
The fourth session of the mass trial of more than 100 opposition figures, including journalists, took place in Tehran today. The Committee to Protect ...
Susan Moeller | Posted 05.25.2011
This year already, 19 individuals have been killed around the world because of their work as journalists. We need to recognize the essential role journalists play in keeping us informed and in protecting our freedoms.
Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 05.24.2012