Press Freedom
CPJ Updates
- Ecuador on edge: Political paralysis and spiking crime pose new threats to press freedom
- Deadly Pattern: 20 journalists died by Israeli military fire in 22 years. No one has been held accountable.
- Fragile Progress: The struggle for press freedom in the European Union
- Fragile Progress: Part 1
- Fragile Progress: Part 2
- Fragile Progress: Part 3
- Fragile Progress: Part 4
- Fragile Progress: Part 5
- Fragile Progress: CPJ’s recommendations to the EU
Reporter Without Borders
Nov. 2 Marks ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists’
A memorial wall at the Newseum in Washington, DC displays the names of slain journalists. Photo: John M (flickr)
NEW YORK, November 2, 2018—Approximately 90 percent of crimes against journalists/media workers go unpunished. To date, 82 journalists have been killed in the line of duty through Nov. 2, 2018, according to UNESCO. The Overseas Press Club of America supports international free speech organization ARTICLE 19 in its call for governments to act on crimes against journalists.
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The Overseas Press Club is an international association of journalists based in New York City that works to encourage the highest standards in journalism, to educate the next generation of foreign correspondents and to promote international press freedom and the well-being of colleagues in the field.