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Series I: Board of Directors, 1981-1997
Series II: Chronological Files, 1984 November-1994
Series IV: CPJ Office Files, 1978-2004
Series X: International Press Freedom Award Dinners (IPFAD), 1991-2007, undated
Series XII: Organization Files, 1978-2002

Committee to Protect Journalists records, 1978-2009

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Series V: County Action Files and Protest Letters, 1978-1999

This series contains documentation regarding country-specific actions. The documentation primarily consists of press releases, protest letters, and responses.

There are additional records of this type in the files in Series VI: Country and Regional Program and Research Files.

Subseries V.1: Alphabetical by Country, 1978-1997

This subseries consists of action files that are arranged alphabetically by country.

Afghanistan Actions


Box 143 Folder 41 1984-1991

Box 143 Folder 42 1994

Albania Actions

Box 143 Folder 43 1991

Box 143 Folder 44-45 1992-1993

Box 143 Folder 46 1997

Box 143 Folder 47-53 Algeria Actions, 1992-1997 (7 Folders), 1992-1997

Angola Actions

Box 143 Folder 54 1983-1984

Box 143 Folder 55 1996

Box 143 Folder 56 Antigua/Barbuda Actions, 1996

Argentina Actions

Box 143 Folder 57-59 1978-1993 (3 Folders), 1978-1993

Box 143 Folder 60-63 1995-1997 (4 Folders), 1995-1997

Box 143 Folder 64 Buenos Aires Herald Actions, 1982

Box 143 Folder 65 Falklands Crisis Actions, 1982


Box 144 Folder 1-3 Australia Actions, 1988-1993 (3 Folders), 1988-1993

Box 144 Folder 4 Bahrain Action, 1986

Bangladesh Actions

Box 144 Folder 5 1982-1988

Box 144 Folder 6 1992

Box 144 Folder 7 1994

Box 144 Folder 8 1996

Box 144 Folder 9 Zaman, Q.N., 1982-1984

Box 144 Folder 10 Barbados Actions, 1983-1987

Box 144 Folder 11 Belarus Republic Actions, 1996

Box 144 Folder 12 Belgium Actions, 1987

Box 144 Folder 13 Benin Actions, 1993

Box 144 Folder 14 Bolivia Actions, 1981

Box 144 Folder 15 Bosnia/Herzegovina Actions, 1996

Box 144 Folder 16 Botswana Actions, 1983

Brazil Actions

Box 144 Folder 17 1981-1985

Box 144 Folder 18 1989-1991

Box 144 Folder 19 1993

Box 144 Folder 20 1995

Box 144 Folder 21 Bulgaria Actions, 1989

Box 144 Folder 22-23 Burma (Myanmar) Actions, 1990-1992 (2 Folders), 1990-1992

Box 144 Folder 24 Burundi Actions, 1988

Cambodia Actions

Box 144 Folder 25 1992

Box 144 Folder 26 1994

Box 144 Folder 27 1996

Cameroon Actions

Box 144 Folder 28-31 1984-1993 (4 Folders), 1984-1993

Box 144 Folder 32-33 1995-1996 (2 Folders), 1995-1996

Canada Actions

Box 144 Folder 34 1982-1990

Box 144 Folder 35 1992

Box 144 Folder 36 Central African Republic Actions, 1986-1990

Chad

Box 144 Folder 37 1982-1989

Box 144 Folder 38 1992

Box 144 Folder 39 Chechnya Actions, 1996

Chile Actions

Box 144 Folder 40-45 1981-1992 (6 Folders), 1981-1992

Box 144 Folder 46 Radio Cooperativa, 1983

China

Box 144 Folder 47-49 1992-1994 (3 Folders), 1992-1994

Box 144 Folder 50 Actions by Other Groups, 1990

Columbia

Box 144 Folder 51 1981-1992 January

Box 144 Folder 52 1995

Box 144 Folder 53 Circulo de Periodistas de Bogata

Box 144 Folder 54-56 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), 1992-1993 (3 Folders), 1992-1993

See Also: Russia and Soviet Union

Box 144 Folder 59 Congo Actions, 1996

Box 144 Folder 60 Costa Rica Actions, 1982-1987

Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Actions

Box 144 Folder 61-62 1990-1992 (2 Folders), 1990-1992

Box 144 Folder 63-65 1994-1996 (3 Folders), 1994-1996

Box 144 Folder 66 Croatia Actions, 1996

Cuba

Box 144 Folder 67 1982-1989

Box 144 Folder 68 1992

Box 144 Folder 69-72 1994-1997 (4 Folders), 1994-1997

Box 144 Folder 73 Cyprus Action, 1989

Czechoslovakia Actions

Box 144 Folder 74 1981-1989

Box 144 Folder 75 1992

Dominican Republic Actions


Box 145 Folder 1 1991

Box 145 Folder 2 1994

Ecuador Actions

Box 145 Folder 3 1987

Box 145 Folder 4-5 1994-1995

Egypt Actions

Box 145 Folder 6 1981-1990

Box 145 Folder 7 1992

Box 145 Folder 8-10 1994-1996 (3 Folders), 1994-1996

El Salvador Actions


Box 20 Folder 12-13 1982-1990 (2 Folders), 1982-1990


Box 145 Folder 11 1992

Box 145 Folder 12 1994

Box 145 Folder 13 Equatorial Guinea Actions, 1992

Box 145 Folder 14 Ethiopia Actions, 1985-1988

Fiji Actions

Box 145 Folder 15 1987-1990

Box 145 Folder 16 1992

Box 145 Folder 17 France Actions, 1985-1988

Gabon Actions

Box 145 Folder 18 1983

Box 145 Folder 19-20 1993-1994 (2 Folders), 1993-1994

Box 145 Folder 21 1996

Box 145 Folder 22 Gaza Actions, 1995

Box 145 Folder 23 Georgia, Republic of--Actions, 1996

Germany

Box 145 Folder 24 East Germany Actions, Undated

Box 145 Folder 25 West Germany Actions, 1988

Box 145 Folder 26 Germany Actions, 1993

Ghana Actions

Box 145 Folder 27-28 1991-1992

Box 145 Folder 29 1996

Box 145 Folder 30 Greece Actions, 1981-1991

Box 145 Folder 31 Grenada Actions, 1982-1989

Box 145 Folder 32-39 Guatemala Actions, 1982-1996 (8 Folders), 1982-1996

Box 145 Folder 40 Guinea Protests, 1992

Box 145 Folder 41 Guyana Actions, 1982-1987

Box 145 Folder 42-45 Haiti Actions, 1984-1993 (4 Folders), 1984-1993

Honduras Actions

Box 145 Folder 46 1983-1991

Box 145 Folder 47 1993

Hong Kong Actions

Box 145 Folder 48 1987-1989

Box 145 Folder 49 1992

Box 145 Folder 50 1996

Hungary Actions

Box 145 Folder 51 1986-1990

Box 145 Folder 52 1994

Box 145 Folder 53-60 India Actions, 1984-1997 (8 Folders), 1984-1997

(Includes Kashmir Actions, 1995)

Indonesia Actions

Box 145 Folder 61-62 1984-1992 (2 Folders), 1984-1992

Box 145 Folder 63-65 1994-1995 (3 Folders), 1994-1995

Iran Actions

Box 145 Folder 66-68 1982-1993 (3 Folders), 1982-1993

Box 145 Folder 69 1995

Box 145 Folder 70 Iraq Actions, 1989-1991

Ireland Actions

Box 145 Folder 71 1982

Box 145 Folder 72 1992

Box 145 Folder 73 1996

Israel Actions

Box 145 Folder 74-75 1986-1991 (2 Folders), 1986-1991


Box 146 Folder 1-5 1992-1996 (5 Folders), 1992-1996

Italy Actions

Box 146 Folder 6 1985

Box 146 Folder 7 1993

Box 146 Folder 8 Jamaica Actions, 1985-1989

Box 146 Folder 9 Japan Actions, 1986-1987

Jordan

Box 146 Folder 10 1988-1991

Box 146 Folder 11 1996

Box 146 Folder 12 Kazakhstan Actions, 1996

Kenya


Box 65 Folder 46-48 Actions, 1982-1990 (2 Folders), 1982-1990


Box 146 Folder 13-15 1991-1993

Box 146 Folder 16 1995

Box 146 Folder 17 Kuwait Actions, 1986-1991

Box 146 Folder 18 Nigeria Actions, 1993

Box 146 Folder 19 Pakistan Actions, 1982-1992


Box 20 Folder 17-18 Panama Actions, 1982-1990 (2 Folders), 1982-1990

Paraguay Actions

Box 20 Folder 19 1981-1991


Box 146 Folder 20 1993-1995

Peru


Box 21 Folder 2 1982-1989


Box 125 Folder 11-12 1990-1991 (2 Folders), 1990-1991

Philippines Actions


Box 146 Folder 21 1983-1987

Box 146 Folder 22-23 1992-1993 (2 Folders), 1992-1993

Poland Actions

Box 146 Folder 24 1981-1986

Box 146 Folder 25 1995

Box 146 Folder 26 Bielecki Actions, 1985-1990

Box 146 Folder 27 Portugal Actions, 1996

Box 146 Folder 28 Puerto Rico Actions, 1985

Romania Actions

Box 146 Folder 29 1989-1990

Box 146 Folder 30-31 1995-1996 (2 Folders), 1995-1996

Russia

Actions

Box 146 Folder 32-34 1994-1996 (3 Folders), 1994-1996

(For earlier actions, see Soviet Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States)


Box 149 Folder 41 circa, 2006


Box 146 Folder 35-38 Rwanda Actions, 1990-1994 (4 Folders), 1990-1994

Saudi Arabia

Box 146 Folder 39 Actions, 1990-1991

Box 146 Folder 40 Mission, 1991

Senegal Actions

Box 146 Folder 41 1989

Box 146 Folder 42 1994

Box 146 Folder 43-45 Serbia Actions, 1995-1997 (3 Folders), 1995-1997

Sierra Leone Actions

Box 146 Folder 46 1990

Box 146 Folder 47 1993

Box 146 Folder 48 1996

Singapore

Box 146 Folder 49 1985-1990

Box 146 Folder 50 1993

Box 146 Folder 51 Slovak Republic Actions, 1996

Box 146 Folder 52 Solomon Islands Actions, 1992

Somalia Actions

Box 146 Folder 53 1989

Box 146 Folder 54 1993

South Africa

Actions


Box 75 Folder 42-53 1981-1989 (2 Folders), 1981-1989


Box 146 Folder 56-59 1989-1994 (4 Folders), 1989-1994

Box 146 Folder 55 Letter writing campaign letters, 1987

South Korea Actions

Box 146 Folder 60 1982-1990

Box 146 Folder 61 1992


Box 144 Folder 57-58 Soviet Union Actions, 1990-1991 (2 Folders), 1990-1991

See Also: Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Russia


Box 146 Folder 62 Spain Actions, 1982-1990

Box 146 Folder 63-66 Sri Lanka Actions, 1981-1993 (4 Folders), 1981-1993

Sudan Actions

Box 146 Folder 67 1983-1990

Box 146 Folder 68-70 1992-1994 (3 Folders), 1992-1994

Box 146 Folder 71 1996

Box 146 Folder 72 Suriname Actions, 1986-1987

Box 146 Folder 73 Switzerland Actions, 1991 (2 Folders), 1991

Syria Actions

Box 146 Folder 74 1982-1990

Box 146 Folder 75 1992


Box 147 Folder 1 Taiwan Actions, 1985-1990

Box 147 Folder 2 Tajikistan Actions, 1995

Tanzania

Box 147 Folder 3 1983-1988

Box 147 Folder 4 1993

Thailand

Box 147 Folder 5 1982-1990

Box 147 Folder 6 1995

Box 147 Folder 7-10 Togo Actions, 1991-1994 (4 Folders), 1991-1994

Box 147 Folder 11-12 Tonga Actions, 1993-1994 (2 Folders), 1993-1994

Box 147 Folder 13-15 Tunisia Actions, 1985-1993 (3 Folders), 1985-1993

Turkey

Box 147 Folder 16-24 Actions, 1982-1996 (9 Folders), 1982-1996


Box 152 Folder 17-33 Appeals, Protest Letters, and Related Material, 1993 July 23-1994 December 27 (17 Folders), 1993 July 23-1994 December 27

Uganda Actions


Box 147 Folder 25 1981-1991

Box 147 Folder 26 1993

Box 147 Folder 27 1996

Box 147 Folder 28 Ukraine Actions, 1995


Box 29 Folder 34 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) Actions, 1981-1989


Box 147 Folder 29 United Arab Emirates (UAE) Actions, 1987

United Kingdom

Box 147 Folder 30 1983-1990

Box 147 Folder 31 1992

United States Actions

Box 147 Folder 32 1993-1995 (3 Folders), 1993-1995

Gulf War, 1991

Box 147 Folder 33-35 Gulf War--General Information (3 Folders)

Box 147 Folder 36 Actions

Box 147 Folder 37 Law Suit to U.S. Government

Box 147 Folder 38 Miscellaneous

Uruguay Actions

Box 147 Folder 39 1981-1987

Box 147 Folder 40 1996

Box 147 Folder 41 Vanuatu Actions, 1991

Venezuela

Box 147 Folder 42 1987

Box 147 Folder 43-44 1992-1993 (2 Folders), 1992-1993

Vietnam

Box 147 Folder 45 1987-1991

Box 147 Folder 46-47 1993-1994 (2 Folders), 1993-1994

Western Samoa

Box 147 Folder 48 1990

Box 147 Folder 49 1993

Yemen


Box 169 Folder 33 General, 2006


Box 147 Folder 50 Protests, 1993

Box 147 Folder 51-53 Actions, 1994-1996 (3 Folders), 1994-1996

Yugoslavia Actions

Box 147 Folder 54-55 1981-1992 (2 Folders), 1981-1992

Box 147 Folder 56 1994

Box 147 Folder 57 1996

Zaire Actions

Box 147 Folder 58-61 1982-1994 (4 Folders), 1982-1994

Box 147 Folder 62-63 1996-1997 (2 Folders), 1996-1997

Zambia Actions

Box 147 Folder 64 1983-1987

Box 147 Folder 65 1989

Box 147 Folder 66 1994

Box 147 Folder 67 1996

Box 147 Folder 68 Zimbabwe Actions, 1982-1989

Subseries V.2: Chronological, 1992-1999

This subseries consists of action files that are arranged chronologically.


Box 159 Folder 11-13 CPJ Protest Letters, 1992-1993 (3 Folders), 1992-1993


Box 72 Folder 30 Protests Old, 1992-1994

(Protest letters related to various African countries)


Box 57 Folder 41-42 CPJ Protest Letters and Original Responses, 1994 (2 Folders), 1994

CPJ Protest Letters and Official Responses, 1995


Box 148 Folder 33 Africa

Box 148 Folder 34 Americas

Box 148 Folder 35 Asia

Box 148 Folder 36 Eastern Europe and Russia

Box 148 Folder 37 Middle East and North Africa


Box 58 Folder 1-3 CPJ Protest Letters, 1996 (3 Folders), 1996


Box 63 Folder 8 Protest Letters, 1997-1998 (2 Folders), 1997-1998

(Mostly Sub-Saharan African Nations)

CPJ Protests, 1997


Box 148 Folder 38 Africa

Box 148 Folder 39 Americas

Box 148 Folder 40 Asia

Box 148 Folder 41 Eurasia

Box 148 Folder 42 Mid East

CPJ Protests, 1998


Box 152 Folder 58 Africa

Box 152 Folder 58 Americas

Box 152 Folder 58 Central Europe

Box 152 Folder 58 Middle East

CPJ Protest Letters, 1999


Box 149 Folder 1 News Alerts Index

Box 149 Folder 2 Protest Letter Index

Box 149 Folder 3 Africa

Box 149 Folder 4 Americas

Box 149 Folder 5 Asia

Box 149 Folder 6 Europe

Box 149 Folder 7 Middle East