Azerbaijan jails Meclis.info journalists for up to 10 years over Western funding
London, November 13, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Thursday’s sentencing of Azerbaijani journalists Imran Aliyev and Elgiz Gahraman to prison terms of 10 and nine years respectively, and calls on authorities to stop using allegations of illegal overseas funding to silence the independent press. On November 12, a court in the capital Baku handed…
CPJ welcomes conviction of 2 Iranians who spied on journalists in the UK
London, November 13, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the conviction on Thursday of two Iranian men found guilty of spying on London-based journalists working for Iran International, a Persian-language broadcaster repeatedly targeted by the Iranian authorities. In one of several recent trials related to attacks on Iran International, Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, and Farhad Javadi…
Nigerian court detains journalist Daniel Ojukwu on cybercrime charges
Abuja, November 11, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerian authorities to immediately drop the criminal charges against journalist Daniel Ojukwu, release him unconditionally, and stop criminalizing the press for their work. On November 10, a federal court in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, remanded Ojukwu, a correspondent with the privately owned Foundation for Investigative Journalism…
Guerrilla group threatens 3 Colombian media outlets with bomb plot
Bogotá, November 10, 2026—Colombian authorities must take decisive steps to guarantee the safety of staffers at three major news outlets in Bogotá following a reported plot by a local guerrilla group to bomb their offices, said the Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday. On Saturday, November 7, employees of Caracol Televisión and its sister outlet,…
Ecuador journalist Tomás Beltrán Conforme, who denounced government corruption, killed
Bogotá, November 9, 2026—Ecuadorian authorities must thoroughly investigate the killing of journalist Tomás Beltrán Conforme, determine if he was targeted for his work, and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. On Sunday, November 8, armed men shot and killed Beltrán, founder and editor of the Facebook-based local news site…
Algerian journalist Abdelali Mezghiche sentenced to 3 years in prison
New York, November 9, 2026— The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Algerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release journalist Abdelali Mezghiche, overturn his conviction, and stop prosecuting journalists for exercising their right to freedom of expression. On Sunday, November 8, a court in Chéraga, west of the capital Algiers, sentenced Mezghiche to three years…
Cuban journalist Yoani Sánchez, director of 14ymedio, arrested amid wider crackdown on independent reporting
Editor’s note: Yoani Sánchez was released on November 5, after several hours in detention. Miami, November 5, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns Thursday morning’s arrest of Cuban independent journalist Yoani Sánchez, founder and director of independent news outlet 14ymedio, who was detained by State Security agents in the capital Havana shortly after she…
Ethiopia suspends The Reporter indefinitely in escalating assault on independent media
Nairobi, November 5, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to immediately lift the indefinite suspension of The Reporter, one of the country’s oldest independent newspapers. In a November 2 statement, the regulatory Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA) accused the Amharic- and English-language editions of the newspaper and their digital platforms of repeatedly publishing…
CPJ alarmed by surge in Israeli detentions, alleged abuse of journalists
Amman, November 5, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply alarmed by the rapid escalation of journalist detentions by Israeli authorities, with four journalists detained in the first four days of November, two of whom remain in Israeli custody. On November 2, Israeli soldiers arrested Radio Hawa presenter Samer Khuwaira from his home…
Israel detains journalist Abed Abu Shehadeh on suspicion of ‘contacting a foreign agent’
Nazareth, November 5, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of Palestinian journalist Abed Abu Shehadeh, who was accused of “contacting a foreign agent” and had his detention extended by eight days after he was questioned about his journalism, according to his wife. Israeli police and the Shin Bet, the country’s internal…