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CPJ Insider: May 2022 edition
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Taliban fighters walk toward journalists during a protest in Kabul in December of last year (AFP/Mohad Rasfan).
Today is World Press Freedom Day!
For over two months now, the invasion of Ukraine has dominated the news, and much of CPJ’s work has been dedicated to supporting journalists covering the war. From disbursing safety information in Ukrainian, Russian, and English, working to coordinate the distribution of personal protective gear, or providing first aid kits and life-saving medical equipment to journalists on the ground, CPJ continues to do all we can to keep journalists safe and able to report freely. Learn more »
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 CPJ's current and former executive directors release new book
Former and current CPJ executive directors, Joel Simon and Robert Mahoney, respectively, released a new book, The Infodemic: How Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker and Less Free, which explores how a crackdown on the free flow of information in the wake of the global pandemic spread alongside COVID. Learn more »
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 WHYY-FM public radio makes generous contribution to CPJ
As Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in late February, Suzanne Fiske, the director of on air development at Philadelphia’s WHYY-FM public radio, wondered how the nonprofit could help. When Fiske searched for a nonprofit that aligned with WHYY-FM’s mission of ensuring a free press and an informed democracy, she discovered CPJ and knew she’d found a match. Learn more »
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Must-reads
As the situation for independent media in Russia further deteriorates, CPJ is investigating attacks on Russian journalists. “Blocking websites, detaining journalists, adding them to the foreign agents list; in Russia, authorities will clearly use all means at their disposal to stifle independent reporting,” said Gulnoza Said, CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia program coordinator.
CPJ has documented the egregious judicial harassment of high-profile investigative journalist Rana Ayyub, a columnist for the Washington Post. Following accusations of tax evasion, Indian authorities froze Ayyub's bank account in what journalist groups noted could be retaliation for her reporting. This followed an online harassment campaign in January containing death and rape threats after Ayyub was critical of the Saudi government's role in the war in Yemen. “I will survive this,” she told CPJ. “I have survived worse.”
CPJ spoke with exiled Lebanese journalist Mariam Seif Eddine, who was forced to flee her home following critical reporting on Hezbollah and an attack on her family. That hasn’t stopped her from working as a journalist. “If we stop writing, they win,” Eddine told CPJ, “After fleeing the country, I feel more responsible for documenting what’s happening in people’s lives, especially to raise the voice of those who were forced into silence.”
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CPJ in the news
“Putin alleges Ukraine and CIA are plotting to kill Russian journalists in latest conspiracy theory,” Forbes
"Turkish democracy has reached a turning point," MSN
“CPJ welcomes release of 2 journalists, calls for release of 23 other jailed reporters,” Middle East Monitor
"Indian authorities asked to stop prosecuting journalists in IIOJK," Pakistan Observer
"Playbook of a dictator: Weighing the risks and rewards of the truth in Russia," Poughkeepsie Journal
"Afghan media facing ever-increasing restrictions by Taliban," Malaysian Sun
"Challenges for press freedom in Kashmir," Daily Times
"In Jordan's Pegasus hack, the digital trail leads to the government," The New Arab
"Journalists are in the cross hairs," The Tennessee Tribune
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