3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (213+ words) Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin safe following detention in Kuwait'Committee to Protect Journalists - Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email New York, April 25, 2026 Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been reunited with his family and is in a place of…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (220+ words) STV host Raman Pratasevich, right, disclosed journalist Stanislau Ivashkevich's alleged phone number and address, a practice known as doxxing. Ivashkevich is depicted here in a drawing. (Screenshot: videobel. by/STV) Ivashkevich told CPJ in mid-April that he was planning to…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (280+ words) New York, April 23, 2026 Israel's failure to allow medical crews access to injured Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil in time to save her may constitute a war crime, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday. The building the journalists took cover…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (108+ words) US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin acquitted of all charges'Committee to Protect Journalists April 23, 2026 9: 21 AM EDT Washington, D. C. , April 23, 2026 " The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes a Kuwaiti court's acquittal of US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on all charges following nearly two months of detention....

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1012+ words) By Joan Chirwa on April 22, 2026 8: 06 AM EDT Lusaka, April 22, 2026 For months, lawyer Josiah Kalala has been working late into the night on a case he believes could define the future of press freedom in Zambia: preparing arguments, reviewing legal provisions,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (181+ words) RFE/RL's Azerbaijani journalist Farid Mehralizada (left) and Abzas Media staff Elnara Gasimova, Nargiz Absalamova, Sevinj Vagifgizi, Hafiz Babali, Ulvi Hasanli, and Mahammad Kekalov are seen in this composite image. The seven have received jail terms of 7 " to 9 years. (Image:…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (316+ words) CPJ, partners condemn Russia's labeling of IWMF as "undesirable organization'Committee to Protect Journalists Organizations labeled as "undesirable" are banned from operating in Russia, and anyone who participates in or works to organize the activities of such organizations faces up to…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (153+ words) CPJ, partners call for release of Turkish journalist "smail Ar'Committee to Protect Journalists The Committee to Protect Journalists joined eight other local and international press freedom and human rights organizations in calling on Turkish authorities to release daily Bir G'n…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (326+ words) March 23, 2026 2: 59 AM EDT Bangkok, March 23, 2026 The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Vietnamese authorities to investigate the alleged assault and arbitrary detention of independent journalist Nguyen Hoang Vi by Ho Chi Minh City police and to hold those responsible to…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (150+ words) March 23, 2026 12: 44 PM EDT New York, March 23, 2026 The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Kyrgyz journalist Makhabat Tajibek kyzy's release from'prison'and calls on authorities to drop all charges against her. At an initial retrial hearing on March 23, the court in Bishkek rejected…...