CPJ: 'Attacks on journalists almost always precede attacks on other rights to broader population'
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) warns that attacks on journalists almost always precede broader assaults on rights across the population.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) warns that attacks on journalists almost always precede broader assaults on rights across the population. As the global death toll among media workers continues to rise, a deeper crisis is emerging: the normalization of harassment, intimidation and violence against journalists.
Democratic foundations at risk
If killers of journalists are allowed to literally get away with murder, that creates the conditions in which we see more and more of those attacks.
CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg explains that killing journalists is not simply an assault on those who report the news. It is an attack on the public's right to know, on institutional accountability and, ultimately, on the democratic foundations of society.
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