10/30/2025
Ahead of International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists 2025, CPJ calls 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.
Despite decades of concerted efforts, 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:
âś…The establishment of a standing independent international investigative task force focused on violent crimes against journalists;
âś…Pursuit of justice in key cases;
âś…Increased accountability of companies, who often play a key role in enabling attacks on journalists;
âś…Increased use of targeted sanctions and incentives.
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/
