Respond
We reach threatened or injured journalists with urgent help: treatment, evacuation, equipment and support for their families.
From Palestine · With a global vision
A shield for those who report the truth
We started in Palestine, where the world records the gravest violations against journalists, to build a protection network that reaches every journalist at risk, wherever they are.
Why Palestine?
Since October 2023 more journalists have been killed in Gaza than in any war the Committee to Protect Journalists has documented since 1992. Here journalists learned to work under bombardment, siege and blackouts, and here we learned what a journalist actually needs in the most dangerous moments. We bring that experience to journalists everywhere: in Lebanon, Sudan, Ukraine, Mexico and beyond.
Our vision
A world where every journalist works in safety, and no crime against them goes unpunished.
Our mission
To be a shield for journalists: we reach them in the hour of danger, stand with them in court, and preserve the truth they paid for.
How we work
Protect
We provide protective equipment and train journalists in field safety, digital security and first aid.
Document
We record and verify every violation against journalists, whoever commits it.
Hold to account
We build documented legal files for international mechanisms and call publicly for perpetrators to answer for their crimes.
How we document
- We verify every case with at least two independent sources before publishing.
- We document violations whoever commits them, without exception.
- We never publish a journalist's name or details without their or their family's consent.
- We preserve evidence so that it remains admissible in court.
- When we quote other organizations, we give the source and date as published and never add figures from different sources together.
Independence and transparency
Independent
We belong to no party, government or political body, and no funder influences what we document or publish.
Transparent
We publish an annual report of everything we receive and spend, and name our funders.
Governed
A board of trustees oversees our work and approves our budget; its members are listed on our team page.