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Lobby organisation

Committee to Protect Journalists

NGO / non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Committee to Protect Journalists appears in 13 declared MEP meetings (11 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

13
declared meetings
with current MEPs
11
MEPs met
€50,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal. CPJ ensures the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever journalists are attacked, imprisoned, killed, kidnapped, threatened, censored, or harassed.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 13 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats538%
Greens/EFA431%
Renew Europe323%
European People's Party18%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2025).

2020
3
2021
0
2022
0
2023
1
2024
1
2025
6
2026
2

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Daniel Freund
3 meetings · Greens/EFA
Isabel Wiseler-Lima
1 meeting · EPP
Nathalie Loiseau
1 meeting · Renew
Mounir Satouri
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Raphaël Glucksmann
1 meeting · S&D

The 13 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
12 May 2026Raquel García Hermida-van der WallePress freedom in Afghanistan
3 Mar 2026Sandro RuotoloInterest group on spyware meeting
18 Nov 2025Giorgio GoriThe state of human rights defenders in Tunisia
6 Nov 2025Cecilia StradaDiscussion on the situation of Sonia Dahmani, a journalist imprisoned in Tunisia for exercising her right to freedom of expression
15 Jul 2025Mounir SatouriProtection des journalistes dans les conflits
4 Jun 2025Nathalie LoiseauIndépendance des médias et lutte contre la manipulation de l'information
25 Mar 2025Isabel Wiseler-LimaExchange of views
7 Mar 2025Raphaël GlucksmannMFA Egypt
9 Dec 2024Sophie WilmèsRule of law - Press freedom
12 Apr 2023Daniel FreundFundamental rights (staff level)
25 Jun 2020Birgit SippelPresentation and exchange of views on policy paper on SLAPPs co-signed by 119 civil society organisations
14 Apr 2020Daniel FreundRule of Law Report - NGO Webinar
4 Feb 2020Daniel FreundAnti Corruption Intergroup event with NGOs

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