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International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

#TruthNeverDies: Join global campaign to end impunity for crimes against journalists

Some chilling statistics as we prepare for November 2, the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. Every four days, a journalist is murdered, often because he or she denounced corruption, trafficking, political wrongdoing or human rights abuses. Those responsible often go unpunished.

Author

Simone Flueckiger

Date

2018-10-25 17:56

A New Level of Audacity for Impunity and Journalist Murders

It may be business as usual for those who seek to silence journalists, intimidate the media, or discredit our public information role, but recent weeks have seen an entirely new level of contempt for a profession desperately seeking assistance in the fight against global impunity.

Author

Andrew Heslop

Date

2018-10-25 10:39

'My Killers are Still Free' campaign to add pressure in fight for justice for murdered journalists

2 November marks the International Day to #ENDimpunity for Crimes Against Journalists. While an increasing number of countries responded to UNESCO’s requests for information on judicial standings of cases involving killed journalists, the report also reveals a global standstill for punishing these atrocities.

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Date

2016-11-02 11:21

Getting away with murder: CPJ’s grim index of impunity

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released its annual Global Impunity Index, appropriately entitled Getting Away with Murder to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists on November 2. The data points to a rise of extremist groups targeting media personnel with few governments committing to overhaul or even acknowledge these injustices.

Author

Date

2016-10-27 13:40

#EndImpunity for Crimes Against Journalists

Today is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, a day that draws together efforts to denounce threats to journalists and media freedom worldwide. Join us in denouncing attacks on journalists #endimpunity

Author

Andrew Heslop

Date

2015-11-02 11:51

Making a Point on Safety

To mark the International Day to End Impunity and Crimes Against Journalists, Zaffar wrote to his WEF colleagues giving them an update on his recent work to bring the safety of journalists in Pakistan to greater attention. His inspiring account is reproduced here, with permission.

Author

Andrew Heslop

Date

2015-10-29 11:23

#EndImpunity: Demand justice for crimes against journalists urges UNESCO chief

Less than one in ten cases involving the killing of journalists are ever resolved.The near complete impunity for the perpetrators of crimes against journalists goes against everything that we stand for, our shared values, our common objectives, says Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO in a statement ahead of November 2, the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.

Author

Cherilyn Ireton

Date

2015-10-26 16:53

How you can help the fight for justice in crimes against journalists

Monday, November 2, in just over a fortnight's time, is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. It offers an opportunity to help focus attention, through editorial coverage and other initiatives, on the fact that less than one in 10 crimes against journalists are ever successfully prosecuted.

Author

Cherilyn Ireton

Date

2015-10-15 09:54

2015 Golden Pen honours Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty

Each year, WAN-IFRA awards the Golden Pen of Freedom to recognise the outstanding action, in writing or deed, of an individual, a group or an institution in the cause of press freedom. The award is traditionally presented during the opening ceremony of the World News Media Congress, which this year will take place in Washington, D.C., 1-3 June.

Author

WAN-IFRA

Date

2015-03-03 13:40

UNESCO call to editors: report more on the killing of journalists

UNESCO’s Director of Freedom of Expression and Media Development, Guy Berger, has urged editors to plan coverage on journalists' safety to coincide with the UN’s new International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. November 2nd is the designated day and Berger told the 2014 World Editors Forum in Turin, Italy, that editors could profitably use this ‘news peg’ to draw attention to the need for justice for slain journalists.

Author

WAN-IFRA

Date

2014-06-16 11:25

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