The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) recently released its annual prison census, shedding light on the precarious state of press freedom worldwide. The census, conducted on December 1, 2023, disclosed distressing figures, marking the second-highest number of journalists behind bars since its inception in 1992. The report serves as a stark reminder of the pervasive […]
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This statement was released by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The full report on journalists killed in 2018 is available here. New York, December 19, 2018–At least 53 journalists were killed on the job this year, 34 of whom were targeted for murder in reprisal for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists found in […]
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Press release New York, October 29, 2018–A lack of justice in the murders of journalists creates an entrenched climate of censorship, the Committee to Protect Journalists found in its Global Impunity Index released today. The eleventh annual report highlights countries where journalists are murdered regularly and their killers go free. All 14 of the countries featured this […]
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This article was first published by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). For more information, visit the CPJ website. *** Demonstrations against the government are a routine affair in the Ugandan capital Kampala, and Andrew Lwanga thought it would be just another day at work when he was assigned to cover a protest march by […]
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Press release China is holding 49 journalists behind bars, the highest number ever recorded there, making it the worst jailer of journalists worldwide for the second year in a row, the Committee to Protect Journalists has found. The number of journalists jailed in Egypt and Turkey also rose dramatically in 2015, even as the number […]
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