Search database
Filter
76
Featured
Topics
Violence Against Journalists & Media Personnel
29
Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
25
Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists & Media Personnel
20
Press Freedom & Communication Rights Violations
14
Media Freedom, Press Freedom
8
Safety of Journalists: Law & Public Policies
5
Conflict Reporting, Armed Conflict Reporting
4
War Reporting
4
Journalists Dealing with Risks & Threats, Resilience & Wellbeing of Media Workers
4
Authoritarian Regimes: Media Systems & Landscapes
3
Censorship
3
Investigative Journalism
3
Caruana Galizia, Daphne (1964-2017)
3
Media Assistance: Freedom of Expression & Safety of Journalists
2
Foreign Correspondents
2
Human Rights Violations
2
Disappeared People, Missing People
2
Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
1
Authoritarian Regimes, Dictatorships
1
Freedom of Expression
1
Harassment & Intimidation of Journalists
1
United Nations Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
1
Government Communication Strategies
1
Perpetrators
1
Conflict Areas: Media Systems, Media Landscapes, Role of Media
1
Theatre
1
Bribery & Corruption in Journalism
1
Objectivity & Veracity of Reporting
1
Female Journalists & Media Workers
1
Transnational Journalism Cooperation & News Exchange
1
Journalism
1
Journalists: Professional Identity & Values
1
Local Journalism
1
Corruption Reporting & Role of Media in Curbing Corruption
1
Drug Trafficking Reporting & Media Representation
1
Protests, Protest Movements, Protest Reporting & Media Representation
1
Local Communication & Media
1
Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
1
Human Rights Protection
1
Law, Legislation, Judiciary (General)
1
Khashoggi, Jamal (1958-2018)
1
Semi-Authoritarian Regimes & Defective Democracies
1
Politics and Media
1
Democracy / Democratization and Media
1
Public Opinion Manipulation
1
Taliban
1
Political Indicators
1
Crimes, Criminality, Organized Crime
1
Assassination
1
Corruption & Combating Corruption
1
Language
Document type
Countries / Regions
Authors & Publishers
Media focus
Publication Years
Methods applied
Journals
Output Type
"In 2020-2021, UNESCO recorded a total of 117 killings of journalists worldwide, a high number in absolute terms, but a 25% drop from the previous two-year period, when UNESCO recorded a total of 156 killings. This biennium recorded the lowest death toll compared to any other reporting period since ... more
"Since 2000, more than 150 journalists have been killed in Mexico. Today the country is one of the most dangerous in the world in which to be a reporter. In Surviving Mexico, Celeste González de Bustamante and Jeannine E. Relly examine the networks of political power, business interests, and organi ... more
"Previous research finds that journalist killings are more likely to occur in democracies rather than non-democracies. While these results provide an important first step in exploring regime type's effect on journalist's safety, they assume no variation in how long countries have remained a regime t ... more
"Why do state authorities murder journalists? We show that the majority of journalists are killed in democracies and present an argument that focuses on institutional differences between democratic states. In democracies, journalists will most likely be targeted by local state authorities that have ... more
"Zubair Mujahid was a journalist from Mirpurkhas in Pakistan whose stories exposed corruption and human rights abuses. His stories and columns were published in the Daily Jang, an Urdu language newspaper based in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest urban centre. On 23 November 2007, Zubair was shot while ... more
"Regina Martínez Pérez was a prolific journalist from the state of Veracruz in Mexico, one of the most dangerous countries for journalists. Since 2006, Veracruz has seen a particularly high rate of journalist murders, and on 28 April 2012, Regina Martínez Pérez was brutally murdered in her home ... more
"Overall, the situation of press freedom in Somalia between May 2020 and May 2021 has continued to experience a sharp and unfortunate decline. In total, FESOJ recorded the murder of 2 journalists – as a resulted of targeted killing, 52 arrests, assault and injury to 9 reporters in the line of duty ... more

Globalizing the Battle Against Impunity

In: Regardless of Frontiers: Global Freedom of Expression in a Troubled World
New York: Colombia University Press (2021), pp. 227-252
"When press freedom groups began a campaign against impunity, they set out to gain justice in individual cases of journalists murdered for their work. Did a global norm evolve in the process? Among the rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19, is notable for its ele ... more
"This article details the role of collaborative journalism during the process of rebuilding investigative journalism at its core thus assuring enduring investment in its quality. We will start by characterizing the concepts of investigative journalism and collaborative journalism, using leading scho ... more
"For the fifth year in a row, Somalia tops the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) Global Impunity Index on countries where those who kill journalists escape prosecution. The Somali authorities rarely investigate cases of killings or attacks on journalists, media outlets and critics. At least ... more
"At least 91 cases of attacks and violations against media and its practitioners, including journalists, took place in Pakistan over the course of one year — between May 2019 and April 2020 — signifying a worryingly escalating climate of intimidation and harassment that is adversely affecting th ... more
"The period between 2014 through the end of 2018 has seen 495 journalists killed, according to UNESCO data, which represents an 18% increase in the number of killings as compared to the preceding 5-year period (2009-2013). Based on the number of killings, the most dangerous regions for journalists a ... more
"Jagendra Singh hatte wieder und wieder über einen Minister der Regierung im Bundesstaat Uttar Pradesh berichtet, der in den illegalen Abbau von Sand involviert gewesen sein soll [...] Singh ist einer von weltweit mindestens 13 Journalisten, die seit 2009 mutmaßlich getötet wurden, nachdem sie ü ... more
"Este libro, como pocos, cuenta la historia de todo aquello que el periodismo debería ser y, al mismo tiempo, de todas sus debilidades. Cuatro valientes guerreros de la libertad de expresión, ejerciendo su función fundamental de lanzar luz sobre graves violaciones de derechos humanos, son permane ... more
"Jamal Khashoggi is known for his very sharp critics to Saudi Arabian Governments. He was murdered at the Consulate facility of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul-Turkey. The case has become a concern of international society, put the questions of freedom of expression and press as well the security of journa ... more
"[...] To test the argument whether the killing of journalists is a precursor to increasing repression, we introduce a new global dataset on killings of journalists between 2002 and 2013 that uses three different sources that track such events across the world. The new data show that mostly local jo ... more