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CPJ Insider: Year-end edition
Your support this year helped sustain CPJ's work and mission at
a time when journalists across the globe face threats while doing
their jobs. Thank you for being a friend and partner throughout 2022
in defending our right to be informed. For this edition of Insider,
we're including just a few of the highlights from this year that
were possible because of your support.
Journalists are detained in Rwanda
Police at a court in Kigali, Rwanda, on September 14, 2020. Three
YouTube-based Iwacu TV journalists detained since October 2018, were
acquitted and released on October 5, 2022. (Reuters/Jean Bizimana)
CPJ helped free at least 130 journalists in 2022
This year, CPJ advocacy contributed to the early release of at least
130 detained journalists, including dozens in Africa and dozens more
in the Middle East and North Africa. Learn more »
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We helped win convictions in the murders of at least 12 journalists
CPJ has documented the killing of at least 65 journalists and media
workers in 2022, making this year a particularly dangerous one for
those trying to bring us the news. Of those, 40 were killed in
relation to their work, and CPJ is investigating the circumstances of
an additional 25 to determine whether they were
work-related. Learn more »
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Ukraine journalists
We helped protect threatened journalists
As Russian troops amassed along the border of Ukraine, CPJ worked to
disburse crucial safety advice for journalists covering the conflict.
Almost as soon as the war began, attacks on journalists made clear a
need for personal protective equipment (PPE) and first aid
supplies. Learn more »
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Must-reads
Reflecting on three months of protests and "a women-led
revolution" in Iran, Yeganeh Rezaian, a senior researcher at
CPJ, writes: "
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Some journalists, like my friend Yalda Moaiery, are kept in solitary
confinement, in conditions I know only too well from my own experience
... The cells are tiny, there is no furniture, only a thin blanket for
sleeping, the lights are turned on 24 hours a day, and there is no
company but your own thoughts."
Beril Eski, a lawyer and journalist, spoke on CPJ's behalf to
Turkey's longest-serving jailed journalist, Hatice Duman, about
her conviction, life in prison, and hope of returning to journalism in
an interview. Duman remains at the Bak?rköy Women's
Prison in Istanbul. Asked if she wants to practice journalism again,
Duman replied, "
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I would want to practice journalism very much. ... I would do
things that I have missed the most when I'm out. Unless my
family locks me in ... I would be me when I get out, as I am
here. I cannot stand inequity and injustice."
CPJ in the news
"Covering Iran's unrest and crackdown from thousands of
miles away," The Washington Post
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"Visual Storytellers and Journalists Face Growing Risks. What
Can Funders Do to Protect Them?" Inside Philanthropy
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"A Member of Twitter's Trust and Safety Council Explains
Why She Got Fed Up and Quit," Slate
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"Us Soccer Briefly Scrubs Emblem From Iran Flag At World Cup
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," The Associated Press
"Sicarios Tried to Kill Famous Mexican Journalist Ciro
Gómez-Leyva
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"Governments around the world jailing record number of journalists:
Committee to Protect Journalists
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," The Hindu
"Twitter suspends journalist accounts without explanation,
angering lawmakers and those affected
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," Politico
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