Journalists fleeing threats at home trapped in ICE detention over US asylum seeker policy
At CPJ, we documented or assisted in at least seven cases of journalists seeking asylum in the past 18 months. All of them fled their home countries after receiving threats for their work, and have been detained for long periods by ICE.
Nothing to declare: Why U.S. border agency’s vast stop and search powers undermine press freedom
Customs and Border Protection’s power to search electronic devices without warrant has serious implications for press freedom.
Non-white journalists describe risks and repercussions of covering protests in the US
For journalists of color, reporting on protests carries different risks and, often, higher repercussions, targeted both by the police and attacked by protesters.
Journalists covering protests in US risk getting caught up in police kettling tactic
Journalists caught in kettles can face lengthy periods of legal uncertainty, high legal costs, and job insecurity, particularly if equipment is seized.
Recounting the Batajnica mass graves through the art of film
“How does one archive or record the details of the massacres of a state that wants to hide its massacres?” Serbian director Ognjen Glavonić attempted to do just that with his latest film.
The truth about torture: Depicting CIA abuses in ‘The Torture Report’
In a new graphic novel, authors grapple with CIA interrogation and torture techniques and the shadow they cast while the War on Terror rages on.
Analysis: Ethnic politics are destroying Bosnia
Decades after the end of the Bosnian War, politicians preserve divisions.
Queer and trans issues are sidelined again at the United Nations CSW
The language of sexual orientation and gender identity remains absent from the draft conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women, despite progress made by LBTI advocates.
LGBTQ advocates face uphill battle in the Balkans
Although nondiscrimination laws are on the books, researchers say that they go unenforced.
Transgender community works to overcome identity document barriers
Transgender and non-binary people have to undergo an arduous and expensive legal process to update their identity documents, and the process and fees vary widely from state-to-state.