Author(s): Committee to Protect Journalists

Politics

The most comprehensive guide to the global state of free press in 2015

Attacks on the Press is the world's most comprehensive guide to international press freedom. Documenting risks and analyzing press conditions in more than 100 countries, this book is the definitive annual assessment of the state of free press and overview of media conditions. Compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists, this informative guide features analytical essays from CPJ experts, and provides a platform for direct advocacy with governments and the diplomatic community to give voice to journalists worldwide. In the Americas, national leaders are building elaborate state media operations to dominate the news and amplify personal agendas. In European and African nations, authorities are invoking national security laws and deploying intelligence services to intimidate the press. This book gives journalists a seat at the discussions at the United Nations, Organization of American States, European Union, African Union, and more, to protect the freedom of press that is so essential to human rights.

By publicly revealing abuses against the press and acting on behalf of imprisoned and threatened journalists, CPJ effectively warns journalists and news organizations where free press is in danger. This book is their annual guide to where these attacks are occurring, and who is doing the attacking. * Analyze press conditions in more than 100 countries * Learn about new dangers and rising risks to journalism * Discover how free press is being threatened by governments around the world * Get the hard data, statistics, and names involved in global anti-press attacks

Strong press freedom encourages the growth of a robust civil society, which leads to stable, sustainable democracies and healthy social, political, and economic development. Attacks on the Press is the most comprehensive annual survey of global press freedom, and a calling out of those who threaten it.