CPJ Press Freedom

Mexico City, July 9, 2026—Mexican authorities must immediately and credibly investigate the killing of environmental journalist and content creator Manuel Alejandro Mora Serna and determine whether he was attacked in relation to his work as a reporter, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. The Guerrero State Human Rights Commission (CDHEG) confirmed in a July 3 statement on Facebook that Serna’s body was found June 22 in Zihuatanejo, in the southern state of Guerrero, according to

Abuja, July 10, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerian authorities to stop harassing journalists, following the detention of journalist Zainab Sodiq on July 8, stringent bail conditions placed on Secret Reporters’ Stanley Ugagbe following his forcible disappearance on July 1, and an espionage summons issued to his publisher Fejiro Oliver on July 6. “Is it outrageous that journalist Zainab Sodiq has been jailed by intelligence agents and has seemingly been denied due proce

New York, July 9, 2026—CPJ is concerned about a Ukrainian court’s decision to ban the publication of a journalistic investigation into the assets and business activities of the brother of a high-ranking Ukrainian official, in what appears to be an unprecedented move. On July 6, a court in Kyiv, the capital, issued an order prohibiting the Ukrainian investigative outlet Slidstvo.Info, the Ukrainian nongovernmental organization Anti-Corruption Action Centre (A

In a joint statement, the Committee to Protect Journalists joined several press freedom and human rights organizations on Thursday, urging Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release political writer Ahmed Douma. Douma was arrested on April 6 at the Supreme State Security Prosecution headquarters following a six-hour interrogation and held for nearly two months in pretrial detention. On June 3, he was sentenced to one year in prison on charges of publishing “false ne

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 26 other press freedom and human rights organizations Wednesday in condemning the detentions and arrests of at least 11 journalists in the past two weeks leading up to the NATO summit in Ankara on July 7-8. “The targeting of critical journalists also cannot be viewed in isolation,” the statement said, asking for their immediate release. The organizations also urged Turkish authorities to drop all charges against the journalists and to end the misuse

New York, July 9, 2026 – Algerian authorities must immediately release freelance journalist and blogger Mourad At-Mimou and stop targeting journalists for their online commentary, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. Plainclothes police officers detained At-Mimou on July 7, while he was at a café in Tizi-Ouzou, in northern Algeria’s Kabylie region, according to a local journalist following the case who spoke to CPJ on the condition of anonymity, citing fear of reprisal. The

Nazareth, Israel, July 8, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Israeli authorities to conduct a swift and thorough investigation into separate attacks targeting the offices of the Israeli daily Haaretz and broadcaster Channel 12 in Tel Aviv, and to ensure the safety of journalists and media workers. On Tuesday night, a masked person shattered the glass entrance door of Haaretz’s headquarters after throwing two concrete blocks at the building before fleeing the scene. The newspap

Istanbul, July 8, 2026—Turkey should put an end to arbitrary detentions and arrests of journalists following the recent detaining of at least 11 members of the press ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. Three of the journalists who were taken into police custody in Turkey between June 23 and July 7 remained behind bars at the time of publishing, with two of them having been arrested. Some were apprehended in the scope of sweeping preliminary

Berlin, July 8, 2026—German authorities must conduct a swift and transparent investigation into attacks on at least four journalists who were covering protests against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party during its annual conference on Saturday in Erfurt, eastern Germany, and bring all perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. Three reporters working for news website Apollo News— Jonas Aston, Marius Marx, and a third whose name the outlet did

New York, July 8, 2026—Authorities in Pakistan-administered Kashmir must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Syed Farhad Ali Shah, who was detained by police after covering demonstrations called ​by a recently banned alliance of civil society groups, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. Ali Shah, who reports for the social media-focused outlet Times of Kashmir, was taken into custody on June 20 in Bagh district under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, a

New York, June 19, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to immediately release journalist Salsawit Baynesagn or bring her before a court, disclose any charges against her, and ensure that she is not being held in retaliation for her commentary. Her family told CPJ that they suspect her detention is linked to videos she posted recently on TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube about the killing of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians in Arsi Zone, in Oromia regional state.

World Refugee Day draws attention to journalists who have been forced to flee their home countries due to threats, conflict, or repression. While exile is now recognized as a growing reality for journalists worldwide, the experiences of journalists CPJ supported last year reflect the reality that relocation does not necessarily bring safety. Increasingly, journalists in exile reach out to CPJ for support because they remain at risk, as their home governments continue to target them across border

New York, June 17, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Mozambican authorities to return the equipment of prominent investigative journalist Estacio Valoi and to end the intimidation of reporters covering environmental crimes and conflict in northern Cabo Delgado province. On June 16, three National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) agents went to Valoi’s home in Pemba, the capital of Cabo Delgado, served him with a judicial order, and confiscated his phones, computers, an

Since President Donald Trump’s return to office, immigration enforcement in the United States has accelerated sharply, creating new and serious obstacles for journalists covering these policy impacts on local communities. The Committee to Protect Journalists has documented the use of immigration authorities to target reporters, including journalists who were in the country legally at the time of their detention — such as Mario Guevara and Estefany Rodríguez — as part of a broader pattern that cr

When French journalist Alice Froussard landed at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport a week ago, she arrived with a valid travel authorization and plans to report from the occupied West Bank, where she had worked for years. By the next morning, Israeli authorities placed her on a flight back to Paris, denying her entry.  She is among at least six foreign members of the press the Committee to Protect Journalists has documented being barred from entering Israel and the Palestinian territory over the

Dakar, June 16, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Malian authorities to release two prominent journalists imprisoned last week for criticizing the country’s embattled military government over its press freedom record and losses to insurgents. “Malian authorities must stop their frenzied arrests of journalists, drop the charges against Abdrahamane Keïta and Chahana Takiou, and release them, as well as fellow journalist Youssouf Sissoko,” said Moussa Ngom, CPJ’s Francophone Afr

Mexico City, June 12, 2026—Mexican authorities must immediately and credibly investigate the killing of journalist Luis Ángel López and determine the motive, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. López was shot and killed around 1 a.m. on June 11, 2026, in Poza Rica, a city in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, according to news reports and a statement released by the Veracruz State Commission for Attention to and Protection of Journalists (CEAPP) on Facebook on the same day.

New York, June 12, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to reverse the expulsion of French journalist Augustine Passilly following her reporting trip to the northern state of Tigray, where residents spoke out about their fears of a return to war. “Ethiopia’s expulsion of Augustine Passilly is a blatant act of retaliation against a journalist for reporting on developments in Tigray, an issue of significant political and security importance that au

New York, June 12, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Pakistani authorities to immediately release journalist Sohrab Barkat who was arrested on June 5 at his home in Islamabad over reports on his YouTube channel about protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. After the arrest and seizure his phone and car keys, National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) filed a First Information Report against Barkat on June 6, alleging he had violated Pakistan’s Prevention of Electron

New York, June 11, 2026 — Tunisian authorities should immediately overturn the four-year prison sentence imposed in absentia on prominent journalist Khaoula Boukrim, founder of local independent news website TUMEDIA, and stop using cybercrime Decree-Law 54 to prosecute journalists and critics for their reporting and expression, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. Boukrim, who fled to France in December 2025, learned on June 8 that a Tunisian court had convicted her on February