Press Freedom
CPJ Updates
- Police raid Cairo offices of Turkish Anadolu News Agency, arrest at least 4
- Ugandan police harass and detain journalists covering opposition politician Bobi Wine
- Journalist Patricia Kayuni assaulted while covering protest in Malawi
- Missing radio anchor found dead in Mexico’s Michoacán state
- Sudan suspends four news outlets over alleged financial link to Bashir regime
- Colombian magazine Semana alleges military spied on its journalists
- Montenegro reporters Živković and Raičević charged with criminal incitement
- Malawi detains, charges 3 journalists seeking to cover EU delegation’s return
- Journalists threatened, assaulted while covering local politician in Sierra Leone
Reporter Without Borders
- UK: Legal arguments during the first week of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing highlight lack of US evidence
- Turkey : Danish reporter convicted of “terrorist propaganda” for photo shared on Facebook
- Greek public broadcaster censors reports from islands about new migrant camps
- Poland : journalist investigated for coverage of Gdansk mayor’s assassination
- Canadian police arrest American journalist covering indigenous protest
- Benin : investigative journalist Ignace Sossou must be released on appeal
- Spain urged to repeal gag law, complete state TV and radio reform, and stop obstructing reporters
- Albania: RSF condemns China’s harassment of a journalist who reported on repression in Xinjiang
Number of Journalists Killed in 2019 Falls to Record Low
People light candles in front of posters of Jamal Khashoggi during a candle light vigil to remember journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul. Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images
The number of journalists killed for their reporting dropped to a 17-year low in 2019, according to the annual report by The Committee to Protect Journalists. The reduction comes amid unprecedented global attention on the issue of impunity for killing journalists. High-profile murder cases from Malta, Slovakia and the exiled Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi continue to reverberate