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The entrance of the Yarmouk camp in Damascus in May 2018. A Palestinian photojournalist who covered life in the camp has died while in Syrian government custody. (Reuters/Omar Sanadiki)

Palestinian photojournalist jailed in 2015 dies in Syrian government custody

Beirut, July 16, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Syrian authorities to conduct an immediate and transparent investigation into the death of Niraz Saeed, a Palestinian-Syrian photojournalist who died in state custody. The news of his death comes as dozens of journalists trapped in southwest Syria have appealed for help to escape the…

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Zack Stoner, left, pictured with two members of Good Brothers, a community group he was part of. Stoner was shot dead in Chicago in May. (Charles Preston)

With Zack Stoner’s killing, Chicago loses vital voice covering overlooked community

I weighed the possibility of being killed for writing this. Seriously. I know that shedding light on or speaking about particular persons and issues can increase the likelihood of being murdered, especially in Chicago. To some this may seem like hyperbole or another introduction to a hit-piece on the city’s violence, exaggerating statistics and depicting…

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A local resident lays an American flag at an impromptu memorial outside of the Capital Gazette, the day after a gunman killed five people at the newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, on June 29, 2018. (Reuters/Leah Millis)

Alleged killer of Capital Gazette employees had made repeated threats

New York, June 29, 2018–A gunman shot to death five people in the newsroom of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, yesterday afternoon in what police called a “targeted attack,” the newspaper reported. Police arrested Jarrod Ramos, 38, and charged him with five counts of first-degree murder, the paper said, citing court documents. He had…

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Law enforcement officials survey the scene after a gunman fired through a glass door at the Capital Gazette newspaper and sprayed the newsroom with gunfire, killing at least five people and injuring several others, in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S., June 28, 2018. (Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

At least five people killed at newsroom shooting in Maryland

New York, June 28, 2018–At least five people were killed in a shooting in the newsroom of the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, this afternoon. Police have a suspect in custody, but his identity and motive are unknown, the newspaper reported on its website.

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Rush hour in Manila on June 21, 2016. Unidentified assassins on June 23, 2018, gunned down Manuel Lacsamana, a contributor to the local monthly The Media Messenger and chairperson of the Central Luzon Media Association press group, in Cabanatuan City, in the Nueva Ecija province on the island of Luzon, according to reports. (Reuters/Erik De Castro)

Newspaper reporter gunned down in the Philippines

New York, June 26, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the killing of Manuel Lacsamana, a contributor to the local monthly The Media Messenger and chairperson of the Central Luzon Media Association press group, and called on authorities in the Philippines to identify the killers and swiftly bring them to justice.

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A motorcyclist rides down an alley in Jakarta in June. An Indonesian journalist died while in custody in South Kalimantan. (AFP/Adek Berry)

CPJ calls on Indonesia to investigate death of detained journalist

New York, June 26, 2018–Indonesian authorities must conduct a thorough investigation into the death of journalist Muhammad Yusuf and consider the possibility that he was killed in retribution for his reporting, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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A boy plays in the street in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on June 17. Attackers shot dead a radio journalist in Brazil's Pará state on June 21. (Reuters/ Washington Alves)

Local radio journalist killed in northern Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, June 22, 2018–Brazilian authorities should conduct a thorough and credible investigation into the killing of radio journalist Jairo Souza, who was shot dead in northern Pará state yesterday, and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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The body of journalist Shujaat Bukhari lies inside a police control room in Srinagar on June 14, 2018. Bukhari, the editor of newspaper Rising Kashmir, was shot and killed leaving his office in the city's Press Colony. (AP/Mukhtar Khan)

Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari killed in Srinagar

New York, June 14, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today strongly condemned the killing of the editor of the English-language daily newspaper Rising Kashmir, Shujaat Bukhari, in Srinagar, Kashmir. Unknown attackers shot Bukhari today at close range in the city’s Press Colony, according to news reports.

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A man reads a newspaper in Bogotá in May. An international court has ordered Colombia to properly pursue justice for a radio journalist killed in 1998. (Reuters/Jaime Saldarriaga)

Inter-American Court of Human Rights orders Colombia to investigate journalist’s murder

Bogotá, Colombia, June 8, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today welcomed an historic ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that ordered the Colombian government to uphold its responsibility to investigate the 1998 murder of radio journalist Nelson Carvajal Carvajal.

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President Rodrigo Duterte, pictured in Manila in May 2018, says he wants all media killings solved by 2020. In the latest attack, a newspaper publisher was shot dead in Panabo City in June. (AFP/Ted Aljibe)

Newspaper publisher gunned down in the Philippines

Bangkok, June 7, 2018–A Filipino journalist was shot and killed today in Panabo City, in the southern province of Davao del Norte, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the killing and called on authorities to swiftly identify and bring to justice the assailant.

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