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The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. We defend the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is an American independent non-profit, non-governmental organization, based in New York City, with correspondents around the world. CPJ promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists .
We work to prevent deaths, detentions, kidnappings, and other dangers through information sharing and practical guidance. We provide on-the-ground advocacy and rapid response support to journalists who are injured, imprisoned, or forced to flee because of their work.
Dec 15, 2020 · In its annual global survey, the Committee to Protect Journalists found at least 274 journalists in jail in relation to their work on December 1, 2020, exceeding the high of 272 in 2016. China, which arrested several journalists for their coverage of the pandemic, was the world’s worst jailer for the second year in a row.
Part of A Safer World For The Truth initiative, the Tribunal will run five hearings, culminating in May 2022 on World Press Freedom Day, and will indict the governments of Sri Lanka, Mexico, and Syria for failing to deliver justice for the murders of individual journalists.
States must commit to preventing legal harassment of journalists and supporting the Biden administration's plan to help fund journalists overseas fighting frivolous lawsuits.
Jun 9, 2021 · The head of the Committee to Protect Journalists offers a warning as he prepares to step down. Joel Simon, who will leave the organization after 15 years as executive director, says...
