Committee to Protect Journalists

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”

–
Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho (via wordsnquotes)
So fitting. CPJ denied UN ECOSOC accreditation today after 4 years of Kafka-esqe bureaucratic limbo.
What does this mean? The NGO Committee of the United Nations voted today to deny us consultative status with the Economic Social Council (ECOSOC). Without such status, we are unable to access U.N. bodies and processes, notably the Human Rights Council in Geneva, where accredited NGOs can deliver a counter-narrative to states. During today’s vote, six members voted in favor of CPJ’s application, 10 voted against CPJ, and three abstained. The full list of countries that voted against us is here.

Some leaders speak freely at the UN, but silence critics back home

Each year, the world’s leaders are invited to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, where they are given a platform to speak freely and openly. But while the leaders of many countries enjoy this privilege, their journalists back home are jailed, threatened, attacked, or even killed for reporting the news.

(From the top, scenes from Egypt, Russia, China).

#united nations

Some leaders speak freely at the UN, but silence critics back home