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DONATE: Support the families of killed journalists in their long, hard fight for justice.

As you think about your end-of-year giving, please consider supporting the families of killed journalists in their long, hard fight for justice. Hundreds of journalists are being murdered for exposing crime, abuses of power, and human rights violations.

Turkey's Press Freedom Crisis: The Dark Days of Jailing Journalists and Criminalizing Dissent

Early this morning, we published a special report on Turkey. CPJ analysis shows that Turkish authorities are engaging in widespread criminal prosecution and jailing of journalists, and are applying other forms of severe pressure to promote self-censorship in

CPJ's Worldwide Survey: Attacks on the Press

We're proud to announce the release of Attacks on the Press, our comprehensive survey of news media conditions worldwide. This year's edition, now available online at http://bit.ly/ADJdPR, examines a surge in global censorship, the use of Internet laws to

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I am a journalist from Iraq.. I live in city of Mosul whom has lost 48 journalist since 2003 until present day.. the last one was before 3 months ago whom had been killed inside his house on the sight of his mother, father and wife with her tow kids.. his wife who was carrying one of his kids was enough to be shot wounded on only one scream the women called for help.. we call international society to take a real measurements in our case.

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Ahmed Zaidan

i think you live over the seas

Nora Saad

In USA so far .

A journalist myself, I can see the thin line between the rights we have and what might be...

Caleb Yother

Thank you for your service.

Freedom, that is the way to the real democracy..and journalists are the link between people.

A journalist should be able to bring to light, the inhuman treatment of others and be allowed to freely expose what horrors some peoples suffer, (sometimes at the hands of their own government) so that others around the globe can be made aware and the entire global community can speak out and end the suffering and murders of innocents. Its what keeps the world informed and exposes the violence that some leaders use to keep their people, oppressed, afraid and barely able to survive. If not...

A journalist should be able to bring to light, the inhuman treatment of others and be allowed to freely expose what horrors some peoples suffer, (sometimes at the hands of their own government) so that others around the globe can be made aware and the entire global community can speak out and end the suffering and murders of innocents. Its what keeps the world informed and exposes the violence that some leaders use to keep their people, oppressed, afraid and barely able to survive. If not for a safe, free press the atrocities that are committed would never be known journalist must be protected and safe to keep telling the world what needs to be told.

Sergei Kolinko

The fact is that people wanto to hide and reveal the truth at the same time. And journalists are the one ones to reveal. And this is dangerous to my regret.

These people willingly risk their lives and liberty to expose injustice and corruption and so make the world a better place for us all. They are true heroes and have my total respect. Knowing there are journalists imprisoned for telling the truth makes me sooo angry... I wish there was more I could do to help them <3.

because free press and journalism is the essential aspect of the real democracy that esteems the human rights.

Ahmed Mohamed

hallo mr ali where is the human righjts in this world cant you feel the innocent people who are dying in plastine?