New York, January 6, 2016 – Somali authorities should immediately release journalist Abdirisak Omar Ahmed or disclose any charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today... Read more
New York, January 6, 2015 – In 2015, 71 journalists were killed in direct relation to their work, making it the fourth deadliest year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began keeping... Read more
Dear Colleagues/Friends: With this email I’d like to wish you a very happy and successful New Year and to kindly let you know that the MA Course Diversity and the Media as set up by Media... Read more
Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shi’ite Muslim cleric alongside dozens of al Qaeda members on Saturday signalling intolerance of jihadism and minority Shi’ite Muslim violence a... Read more
New York, December 31, 2015-The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo not to extradite Egide Mwemero, an exiled Burundian radio journalist... Read more
By Abby Ohlheiser, Niraj Chokshi and Paul Farhi For years, women — dozens of them — have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, with incidents dating back to the 1960s. Now, for the first tim... Read more
New York, December 29, 2015 – Of 69 journalists who were killed in relation to their work in 2015, Islamic militants were responsible for killing 28 of them, or 40 percent, the Committ... Read more
Nairobi, December 27, 2015 – The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Ethiopia to release the editor-in-chief of Negere Ethiopia online newspaper, Getachew Shiferaw, who... Read more
Abuja, Nigeria, December 18, 2015 – The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Sierra Leone to release Jonathan Leigh, managing editor of the Independent Observer. Le... Read more
Following a year of historic global agreements, world must translate promises into action to benefit most vulnerable children in 2016 NEW YORK, 17 December 2015 – More than 16 million babies... Read more
