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Tobago</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98973"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/uruguay/" id="menu-link-307">Uruguay</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location current-menu-item menu-item-98974"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/usa/" aria-current="page" id="menu-link-308">USA</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98975"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/venezuela/" id="menu-link-309">Venezuela</a></li> <li class="menu-parent-link menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location current-location-ancestor current-location-parent menu-item-98976"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/" id="menu-link-310">All Americas</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-98977"><a id="menu-link-311" class=" menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom 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menu-item-object-location menu-item-99041"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/moldova/" id="menu-link-375">Moldova</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99042"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/montenegro/" id="menu-link-376">Montenegro</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99043"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/netherlands/" id="menu-link-377">Netherlands</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99044"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/north-macedonia/" id="menu-link-378">North Macedonia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99045"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/norway/" id="menu-link-379">Norway</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99046"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/poland/" id="menu-link-380">Poland</a></li> <li class="menu-item 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(Photo: AP/Evan Vucci)" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/11/cpj-board-the-free-press-must-be-protected/" class="cpj--module--link" title="CPJ Board: The free press must be protected"></a> <h3>CPJ Board: The free press must be protected</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-06T16:33:59-05:00">November 6, 2024 4:33 PM EST</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>New York, November 6, 2024 – The United States was founded with press freedom as a cornerstone of its democracy. As the country prepares for a transition of power, following the election of Donald J. Trump as the 47th president of the United States, the board of directors at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2024/11/cpj-board-the-free-press-must-be-protected/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="432405" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/features-and-analysis/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid432405" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Features & Analysis</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/10/ahead-of-the-us-election-we-delivered-safety-training-to-over-700-journalists-heres-what-the-press-must-know-to-keep-safe/" title="Ahead of the US election, we delivered safety training to over 700 journalists. Here’s what the press must know to keep safe."><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Picture3_2024-10-31.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/10/ahead-of-the-us-election-we-delivered-safety-training-to-over-700-journalists-heres-what-the-press-must-know-to-keep-safe/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Ahead of the US election, we delivered safety training to over 700 journalists. Here’s what the press must know to keep safe."></a> <h3>Ahead of the US election, we delivered safety training to over 700 journalists. Here’s what the press must know to keep safe.</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-31T14:57:26-04:00">October 31, 2024 2:57 PM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>The November 2024 U.S. presidential election will take place after years of an increasingly polarized political climate in the country. This election comes after two previous contentious presidential election cycles, amid high levels of distrust in the media and a recent history of journalists being arrested, assaulted, and attacked in-person and online, including at protests….</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2024/10/ahead-of-the-us-election-we-delivered-safety-training-to-over-700-journalists-heres-what-the-press-must-know-to-keep-safe/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="426759" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/news/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid426759" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Alerts</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/10/cpj-welcomes-sentencing-of-killer-of-las-vegas-journalist-jeff-german/" title="CPJ welcomes sentencing of killer of Las Vegas journalist Jeff German"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP24289776093693.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="In this file image, Robert Telles (right), a former Clark County public administrator charged in the murder of investigative journalist Jeff German, listens to closing arguments during his murder trial in Las Vegas, on August 26, 2024." decoding="async" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/10/cpj-welcomes-sentencing-of-killer-of-las-vegas-journalist-jeff-german/" class="cpj--module--link" title="CPJ welcomes sentencing of killer of Las Vegas journalist Jeff German"></a> <h3>CPJ welcomes sentencing of killer of Las Vegas journalist Jeff German</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-16T13:11:47-04:00">October 16, 2024 1:11 PM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Washington, D.C., October 16, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the 28-year sentence given to former politician Robert Telles on Wednesday for stabbing to death Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German. “The sentencing of Robert Telles marks a significant milestone in the quest for justice. Although the jailing of Telles cannot undo Jeff German’s murder,…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2024/10/cpj-welcomes-sentencing-of-killer-of-las-vegas-journalist-jeff-german/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="424568" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/letters/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid424568" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Letters</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/10/cpj-partners-comment-on-u-s-commerce-departments-proposed-rules-on-surveillance-technology-export-controls/" title="CPJ, partners comment on U.S. Commerce Department’s proposed rules on surveillance technology export controls"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/US-Commerce-pointer-100924.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="SenseTime" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/10/cpj-partners-comment-on-u-s-commerce-departments-proposed-rules-on-surveillance-technology-export-controls/" class="cpj--module--link" title="CPJ, partners comment on U.S. Commerce Department’s proposed rules on surveillance technology export controls"></a> <h3>CPJ, partners comment on U.S. Commerce Department’s proposed rules on surveillance technology export controls</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-16T09:00:00-04:00">October 16, 2024 9:00 AM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) joined eight human rights and digital rights organizations on October 15 to provide comments to the U.S. Commerce Department in response to its proposed rules to strengthen surveillance technology export regulations. The joint comments assess and offer recommendations for the Commerce Department to help curb the proliferation of such surveillance…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2024/10/cpj-partners-comment-on-u-s-commerce-departments-proposed-rules-on-surveillance-technology-export-controls/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="425039" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/news/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid425039" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Alerts</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/10/u-s-complaint-filed-against-salvadoran-officer-in-1982-killing-of-dutch-journalists/" title="U.S. complaint filed against Salvadoran officer in 1982 killing of Dutch journalists"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Dutch-TV-Journalists.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="In this March 18, 1982 photo, television cameramen photograph blood-soaked, bullet-ridden clothes believed to belong to four Dutch journalists killed in a wooded area near this village in the province of Chalatenango, in El Salvador. Jan Kuiper, Koos Koster, Hans ter Laag and Joop Willemsen were killed in 1982 while on assignment for IKON, a Dutch public TV broadcaster. (AP Photo/P.W. Hamilton)" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/10/u-s-complaint-filed-against-salvadoran-officer-in-1982-killing-of-dutch-journalists/" class="cpj--module--link" title="U.S. complaint filed against Salvadoran officer in 1982 killing of Dutch journalists"></a> <h3>U.S. complaint filed against Salvadoran officer in 1982 killing of Dutch journalists</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-10T18:10:23-04:00">October 10, 2024 6:10 PM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>São Paulo, October 10, 2024—CPJ welcomes the civil complaint filed in a U.S. court against Mario Adalberto Reyes Mena, one of several Salvadoran military officers alleged to be connected to the March 17, 1982 ambush and killing of Dutch TV journalists Jan Kuiper, Koos Koster, Joop Willemsen, and Hans ter Laag in Chalatenango, El Salvador, during their coverage of…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2024/10/u-s-complaint-filed-against-salvadoran-officer-in-1982-killing-of-dutch-journalists/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="424063" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/letters/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid424063" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Letters</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/10/cpj-partners-urge-us-congress-to-pass-press-act/" title="CPJ, partners urge US Congress to pass PRESS Act"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP24247754771735.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/10/cpj-partners-urge-us-congress-to-pass-press-act/" class="cpj--module--link" title="CPJ, partners urge US Congress to pass PRESS Act"></a> <h3>CPJ, partners urge US Congress to pass PRESS Act</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-08T16:51:12-04:00">October 8, 2024 4:51 PM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>The Committee to Protect Journalists joined more than 100 news outlets and press rights organizations in a letter on Tuesday, October 8, asking U.S. Congressional members to support the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act (PRESS Act). The bill would create a federal shield safeguarding reporter-source confidentiality and prevent government access to unreported source…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2024/10/cpj-partners-urge-us-congress-to-pass-press-act/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="418465" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/letters/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid418465" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Letters</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/09/cpj-calls-for-stronger-action-to-safeguard-press-freedoms-at-un-summit-of-the-future/" title="CPJ calls for stronger action to safeguard press freedoms at UN Summit of the Future"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/UN-Summit-Future-Press-Freedom.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="Attendees gather at the U..N. Summit of the Future conference on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 at U.N. headquarters in New York. (Photo: AP/Frank Franklin II)" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/09/cpj-calls-for-stronger-action-to-safeguard-press-freedoms-at-un-summit-of-the-future/" class="cpj--module--link" title="CPJ calls for stronger action to safeguard press freedoms at UN Summit of the Future"></a> <h3>CPJ calls for stronger action to safeguard press freedoms at UN Summit of the Future</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-09-23T09:02:18-04:00">September 23, 2024 9:02 AM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Ahead of the United Nations’ Summit of the Future that began Sunday, the Committee to Protect Journalists and 123 other signatories released a statement September 19, 2024, welcoming the final revision of the Pact for the Future and urging strong action to safeguard media freedom, freedom of expression, and access to information. The Pact for…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2024/09/cpj-calls-for-stronger-action-to-safeguard-press-freedoms-at-un-summit-of-the-future/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="415327" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/letters/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid415327" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Letters</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/09/cpj-joins-call-urging-u-s-government-to-make-effective-use-of-global-magnitsky-sanctions/" title="CPJ joins call urging U.S. government to make effective use of Global Magnitsky sanctions"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/RTX7SN6U.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="In a September 5, 2024 letter, signatories urged the Departments of State and Treasury to prioritize the effective use of Global Magnitsky sanctions. (Photo: Reuters/Andrew Kelly)" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/09/cpj-joins-call-urging-u-s-government-to-make-effective-use-of-global-magnitsky-sanctions/" class="cpj--module--link" title="CPJ joins call urging U.S. government to make effective use of Global Magnitsky sanctions"></a> <h3>CPJ joins call urging U.S. government to make effective use of Global Magnitsky sanctions</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-09-06T14:40:12-04:00">September 6, 2024 2:40 PM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>The Committee to Protect Journalists joined the nonpartisan human rights organization, Human Rights First, with over 90 press freedom and advocacy groups in expressing deep concern over the U.S. government’s declining response to international human rights and corruption violations in a September 5, 2024 letter.  The signatories urged the Departments of State and Treasury to…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2024/09/cpj-joins-call-urging-u-s-government-to-make-effective-use-of-global-magnitsky-sanctions/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="412870" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/news/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid412870" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Alerts</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/08/cpj-welcomes-conviction-in-killing-of-las-vegas-review-journal-reporter-jeff-german/" title="CPJ welcomes conviction in killing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP24240045666025.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="Robert Telles" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/08/cpj-welcomes-conviction-in-killing-of-las-vegas-review-journal-reporter-jeff-german/" class="cpj--module--link" title="CPJ welcomes conviction in killing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German"></a> <h3>CPJ welcomes conviction in killing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-08-28T15:38:51-04:00">August 28, 2024 3:38 PM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Washington, D.C., August 28, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed the news that jurors had reached a decision in the trial of Robert Telles, who was found guilty of killing Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German. “While Wednesday’s ruling will not bring Jeff German back to his family, friends, and colleagues, the conviction sends an…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2024/08/cpj-welcomes-conviction-in-killing-of-las-vegas-review-journal-reporter-jeff-german/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="408670" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/news/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid408670" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Alerts</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/08/cpj-calls-on-new-york-police-to-explain-arrest-of-journalist-over-pro-palestine-vandalism/" title="CPJ calls on New York police to explain arrest of journalist over pro-Palestinian vandalism"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Screenshot-2024-08-07-at-5.24.46-pm.png?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="Red paint sprayed on the apartment building of Brooklyn Museum's Jewish director." decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/08/cpj-calls-on-new-york-police-to-explain-arrest-of-journalist-over-pro-palestine-vandalism/" class="cpj--module--link" title="CPJ calls on New York police to explain arrest of journalist over pro-Palestinian vandalism"></a> <h3>CPJ calls on New York police to explain arrest of journalist over pro-Palestinian vandalism</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-08-07T13:03:44-04:00">August 7, 2024 1:03 PM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Washington, D.C., August 7, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges the New York Police Department to explain its reasons for arresting a New York City videographer on hate crime charges after he reported on pro-Palestinian protesters who smeared red paint on the homes of two Brooklyn Museum officials, including the director who is Jewish. “We…</p> </div> <p><a 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