Committee to Protect Journalists

CPJ promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.

The Road to Justice Breaking the Cycle of Impunity in the Killing of Journalists Increased international attention to the murders of journalists, governments fail to take action to reduce the high rates of targeted violence and impunity, the...

The Road to Justice

Breaking the Cycle of Impunity in the Killing of Journalists

Increased international attention to the murders of journalists, governments fail to take action to reduce the high rates of targeted violence and impunity, the Committee to Protect Journalists finds. In the past 10 years, 370 journalists were murdered; in 90 percent of cases, there are no convictions. The unchecked, unsolved murders of journalists is one of the greatest threats to press freedom today. 

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