On 19 September 2022, the Panel of Judges of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal pronounced their judgment in response to the allegations in the indictment of the Prosecution. The judgment can be found here, as well as the case files of the case hearings on Mexico, Sri Lanka and Syria.
IN COMMEMORATION OF ALL JOURNALISTS MURDERED IN REPRISAL FOR THEIR WORK
The People’s Tribunal on the Murder of Journalists is organised by Free Press Unlimited, the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters without Borders, as part of the initiative A Safer World for the Truth. The People’s Tribunal on the Murder of Journalists is the 50th session of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal.
Why ‘A Safer World for the Truth’?
Every week a journalist is killed. Killing the truth is the world’s safest crime – in eight out of ten cases the killers go free.
In 2020, there were no perpetrators successfully prosecuted in 81% of the cases. Journalists all around the world are harassed, arrested, kidnapped and murdered for doing their job: for finding the truth. Fueled by a lack of political will and poor institutional capacity, this deadly trend has held steady for the past ten years. It must end. That is why Free Press Unlimited (FPU), Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) are joining forces. To investigate. To document. To pursue justice. And create a safer world for the truth.