CPJ promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.
This month, CPJ’s #FreeThePress campaign focuses on Mahmoud Abou Zeid, also known as Shawkan, a freelance photographer who was detained on August 14, 2013. Shawkan was covering clashes between Egyptian security forces and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi during the dispersal of the pro-Morsi sit-in at Raba'a Al-Adawiya Square in Cairo. Learn more about Shawkan’s case and join CPJ in calling for his immediate release.
PHOTO: FABIO BUCCIARELLI–MeMO
Now and Then: Photographing the Battles for Sirte
“Sirte has the same neighborhoods, the same streets and buildings — only they are five years older, as are the eyes of those who fought,“ says photographer Fabio Bucciarelli
PHOTO: ANDREW MCCONNELL–PANOS
On the Ground in Hurricane-Wrecked Haiti
Everything is broken and scattered for as far as the eye can see
PHOTO: JUSTYNA MIELNIKIEWICZ
Polish Photographer Justyna Mielnikiewicz Wins W. Eugene Smith Grant
Her photos bring to life a region still in disarray, nearly 25 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union
PHOTO: KARAM AL-MASRI–AFP/GETTY IMAGES
War Through Syrian Eyes
In their own words, Syrian photographers reflect on the images that moved them most
PHOTO: BILL HUDSON–AP PHOTO
How Photographs Define the Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter Movements
The gripping pictures documenting the Black Lives Matter movement are just as stirring as Civil Rights era photographs
PHOTO: ANGELOS TZORTZINIS
Thousands of migrants and refugees remain stranded in Greece
PHOTO: ALVARO YBARRA ZAVALA
Photographing the Last Days of FARC
Alvaro Ybarra Zavala has spent the last 12 years documenting Colombia’s FARC
Come see imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist, Shawkan’s work. In partnership with the Bronx Documentary Center, we are showcasing the work of Shawkan in order to advocate for his swift release, and to highlight the plight of journalists and journalism in #Egypt today. Free and open to the public until September 11.
#FreeShawkan