Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu, who is serving a seven-year sentence on bogus espionage charges, marks his 64th birthday in prison today. A month ago, Dong was transferred from a prison in Beijing to another location further away from his family. cpj.org?p=580506

US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been detained in #Kuwait for 50 days. Journalism is not a crime — Kuwaiti authorities must #FreeAhmed now.

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American journalist Ahmed Shihab Eldin has been in detention in Kuwait for more than six weeks.

Help us keep attention on this case.

Let #Kuwait know he must be freed immediately. Sign the petition! #freeahmed #freedahmedeldin #journalismisnotacrime

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CPJ calls on Kuwait to release US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin - Committee to Protect Journalists Washington, D.C., April 13, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Kuwaiti authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Kuwaiti-American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin. Shihab-Eld...

Award-winning journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been in Kuwaiti detention for over six weeks, apparently for posting images (taken and verified by other news sources) related to the war. Let #Kuwait know he must be freed now.
#freeahmed #freeahmedeldin #journalismisnotacrime
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Award-winning US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been detained in Kuwait as authorities crack down on freedom of expression.

We call on Kuwait to free him immediately.

#freeahmed #freeahmedeldin #journalismisnotacrime

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In unprecedented overreach, FCC allows merger consolidating local media ownership - Committee to Protect Journalists Washington, D.C., March 20, 2026—A decision by the US broadcast regulator to approve the merger of Tegna and Nexstar broadcasting companies — in clear violation of its own norms and regulations — is a...

Government-backed media concentration is a serious red flag for press freedom.

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More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since CPJ began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 129 journalists and media workers were killed, two-thirds of them by Israel.

Read CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549

Donald Trump’s new cancel culture Journalists, political opponents and Fed officials are being targeted in assault on First Amendment rights

I spoke to the @financialtimes.com about press freedom under Trump.

(TL;DR: Bleak)

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Palestinian journalists recount abuse in Israeli prisons, CPJ report finds  - Committee to Protect Journalists International community must pursue accountability for Palestinian journalists harmed in Israeli custody Amman, February 19, 2026 — Palestinian journalists describe being systematically abused, beaten...

Palestinian journalists describe being systematically abused, beaten and starved in Israel prisons, according to a new report published by @pressfreedom.bsky.social.

Read more: cpj.org?p=562837

Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong’s biggest media trial - Committee to Protect Journalists New York, February 9, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday condemned the 20-year prison sentence handed down to publisher Jimmy Lai, the founder of now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper A...

Publisher Jimmy Lai, founder of pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Lai, a British citizen, is 78. He will almost certainly die in prison unless the international community - especially the UK - does all it can to free him.

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New emergency fund supports US journalists at risk - Committee to Protect Journalists New York, February 5, 2026—Following escalating threats to the safety of journalists nationwide, two international press freedom organizations – the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Inte...

Following escalating threats to the safety of journalists nationwide, CPJ and the International Women’s Media Foundation announced the launch of the U.S. Journalist Rapid Response Fund. The fund will debut in Minnesota with an initial contribution of $25,000 from CPJ and the IWMF. cpj.org?p=559776

Don Lemon Arrest Signals Danger for Press Freedom | Opinion Lemon, a household name who reported for CNN for nearly two decades and now publishes on Substack, was arrested Thursday night.

"We’re past the fire alarm. We are at the fire."

@pressfreedom.bsky.social has spent 40 years addressing authoritarian regimes' threats to journalists. For the last 12 months we have been applying everything we learned over those four decades in the United States.

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Minnesota reporters recount ICE actions, community solidarity: ‘I know it’s going to be dangerous’ - Committee to Protect Journalists As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol operations have intensified in the Minneapolis and Saint Paul areas as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Operation Metr...

Minnesota reporters recount ICE actions, community solidarity: ‘I know it’s going to be dangerous’ cpj.org?p=558564

Powerful piece from journalist Sheila Eldred on the challenges and importance of reporting from Minneapolis: "Never have I heard so much appreciation for what we do."

GEORGIA FORT: “Journalism is on trial. This should be alarming to the entire nation. I would ask every journalist: how did it feel to see your colleagues arrested for reporting the news?”

"Documenting what is happening in our community is not a crime."

Georgia Fort, speaking just after her release from federal custody, is right. Journalism is not a crime. The free press is constitutionally protected-something the current administration wants to ignore.
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"To me this is a little aggressive to just serve a warrant." Watch this with the sound up.

This is the kind of aggression experienced by journalists we work with in authoritarian and criminal regimes.

We @pressfreedom.bsky.social stand with Don Lemon and Georgia Fort.

#journalismisnotacrime

UPDATED: CPJ condemns arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort over Minnesota protests coverage - Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ is continuing to provide updates on this case. Washington, D.C., January 30, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort...

Our latest @pressfreedom.bsky.social statement on the arrest of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort over their Minnesota protests coverage. As an international organization, we know that the treatment of journalists is a leading indicator of the condition of a country’s democracy...
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Alarm bells: Trump's first 100 days ramp up fear for the press, democracy - Committee to Protect Journalists Executive summary The first 100 days of the Trump administration have been marked by a flurry of executive actions that have created a chilling effect and have the potential to curtail media freedoms....

CPJ has warned about US press freedom for years.In April we said:"If we let the abnormal become normal, many more freedoms will be at risk–no matter what your politics”.The arrest of Lemon and Fort are a breach of their rights as journalists and an affront to all US citizens.
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Alarm bells: Trump's first 100 days ramp up fear for the press, democracy - Committee to Protect Journalists Executive summary The first 100 days of the Trump administration have been marked by a flurry of executive actions that have created a chilling effect and have the potential to curtail media freedoms....

America is not becoming that country. It is that country. We have been sounding the alarm for many years on this: cpj.org/special-repo...

📣 The U.S. government can’t control media content. 📺

Today, CPJ and @rsf.org are on site in Washington D.C. ahead of the Federal Communications Commission open commission meeting to call on Chair Brendan Carr to take politics out of the FCC.

"It’s so important to have a free press, and it’s nuts we aren’t paying more attention to it."
We @pressfreedom.bsky.social agree. Thank you Jimmy Kimmel.

It’s literally the job of columnists to have opinions. Sacking them for expressing their views not only chills the individual’s speech but free speech in general.

At least 4 Gazan journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital - Committee to Protect Journalists New York, August 25, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Israeli strikes that killed four journalists in Nasser hospital in southern Gaza and calls for the international community t...

Our statement on Israel's killing of more journalists in #Gaza. "Israel’s killing of journalists continues while the world watches and fails to act firmly on the most horrific attacks the press has faced in recent history,” said CPJ’s Sara Qudah. “These murders must end now.”
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Democrats Demand U.S. Action Over Israel 'Targeting' Journalists In Gaza "It appears Israel is publicly admitting to targeting and killing journalists who have shown the world the scale of suffering in Gaza," 17 Senate Democrats wrote in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State...

US senators have written to Secretary of State Marco Rubio following last week's assassination of six journalists by Israel: “The absence of US government support for accountability efforts serves to undermines U.S. moral leadership and credibility.”
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Guatemala’s Zamora detained 3 years; groups demand his release - Committee to Protect Journalists July 29, 2025, marks 1,095 days since the beginning of the arbitrary detention of journalist Jose Rubén Zamora, founder of elPeriódico and one of the most prominent voices in journalism in Guatemala a...

Thinking of the remarkable journalist and editor Jose Rubén Zamora today on his 69th birthday, which he is unjustly spending behind bars for yet another year. We continue to demand his release.

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Britain’s shameful inaction on Jimmy Lai could cost him his life As his health deteriorates in a Hong Kong jail, the businessman’s detention is now a test of Keir Starmer’s seriousness about human rights – and the government’s willingness to defend its citizens and...

As his health deteriorates in a Hong Kong jail, Jimmy Lai’s detention is now a test of Keir Starmer’s seriousness about human rights – and the government’s willingness to defend its citizens and values abroad.

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Caoilfhionn Gallagher and Jodie Ginsberg: Why Ireland must lead the way in protecting Gaza’s journalists Three years ago, just weeks after an Israeli soldier shot and killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the Taoiseach made clear Ireland’s unequivocal commitment to upholding press freedom and t...

In @independent.ie, @jodieginsberg.bsky.social & I argue the deliberate, systematic targeting of #Gaza’s journalists is not only an assault on individuals; it is an attack on truth & human rights.

Ireland must do more, urgently, to protect Gaza’s journalists.

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Israeli army unit tasked with linking Gaza journalists to Hamas Treating the media as a battlefield, a secretive intelligence squad scoured Gaza for material to bolster Israeli hasbara — including questionable claims that would justify the killing of Palestinian r...

NEW: The Israeli army unit tasked with linking Gaza journalists to Hamas

The 'Legitimization Cell' scoured Gaza for material to boost Israeli hasbara — including questionable claims that would justify the killing of Palestinian reporters.

By Yuval Abraham

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