02/11/2025
Today is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. The Committee to Protect Journalists has called for radical reform of the systems to investigate journalist killings and hold perpetrators to account after the deadliest three years for journalists and media workers since CPJ began keeping records.
CPJ’s data and other research show that impunity remains entrenched. Amid stagnant progress, CPJ is overhauling its own approach to impunity by prioritizing new efforts to pursue accountability and justice, including:
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When killers get away with taking journalists’ lives, they stoke fear that often silences other journalists, crushes families with grief, and robs the public of vital information on crime, corruption, and government abuses.
Failure to hold perpetrators to account emboldens killers, sending a clear message: Perpetrators can target journalists worldwide with impunity.
More: https://cpj.org/2025/10/we-cant-let-them-get-away-with-it/