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Beh Lih Yi

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Sonali Dhawan

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Chhoeung Chheng was shot December 4, 2024, while investigating reports of illegal logging in Siem Riep’s Boeung Per Wildlife Sanctuary. (Screenshot: Courtesy of Mongabay)

Cambodian journalist Chhoeung Chheng’s killer sentenced to 12 years in prison

Bangkok, June 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes justice for Cambodian journalist Chhoeung Chheng, whose killer, Sy Loeuy, was convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison by a Siem Reap provincial court on May 28, according to multiple press reports. The ruling was made public June 5, the reports said. Described as a local farmer and…

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Odia journalist Bijay Pradhan (right), reporting for Bada Khabar, was tied up and beaten (left) while covering alleged construction corruption in Kulthipali village, Bolangir district, Odisha. Left: Still from viral video footage of the May 23 assault. Right: Photo of Pradhan, courtesy his family members.

Indian journalist assaulted reporting on construction irregularities in Odisha

New Delhi, May 28, 2025—Indian authorities must hold to account the attackers who brutally beat journalist Bijay Pradhan and ensure press members can safely do their jobs, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. “Journalist Bijay Pradhan’s brutal attack is yet another grave reminder of the growing dangers faced by local journalists across India, particularly those targeted…

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Afghan refugees

CPJ, partners urge Pakistan to halt arbitrary deportations of Afghan journalists

New York, May 28, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists, alongside PEN International and 13 partner organizations, has issued a joint statement urging Pakistan’s government to immediately halt the arbitrary mass deportation of Afghan journalists and other nationals at risk of Taliban persecution. The statement expresses grave concern over Pakistan’s “Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan,” which was…

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Latif Baloch

Prominent Pakistani journalist Latif Baloch shot dead in Balochistan province

New York, May 27, 2025—Pakistani authorities must immediately investigate the May 24 killing of journalist Latif Baloch in the southwestern province of Balochistan and ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. In the morning, unidentified gunmen broke into Baloch’s home in the Mashkay Tehsil subdivision of Awaran district and…

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CPJ, others press Vietnam to free CPJ award winner Pham Doan Trang

May 27, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists joined Reporters Without Borders and two other partner organizations in a joint advocacy statement calling on Vietnam to release journalist Pham Doan Trang. Trang, who is serving a nine-year sentence on anti-state charges, received CPJ’s 2022 International Press Freedom Award for her courage in the face of persecution. Tuesday’s statement…

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Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson Selina Cheng said the audits contained errors and were “unreasonable.” (Photo: AP Photo/Kanis Leung)

Tax audits target Hong Kong journalists, news outlets as press freedom concerns intensify

New York, May 22, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply alarmed by multiple reports of “unreasonable” tax audits targeting at least six Hong Kong independent media outlets and around 20 journalists and their families, and calls on the Hong Kong government to end its weaponization of financial and tax measures against the press. The Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP),…

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Ouk Mao

CPJ, partners press Cambodia to release environmental reporter Ouk Mao

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined CamboJA and other partner organizations in a joint advocacy statement on May 22 urging Cambodia to free Ouk Mao, also known as Uk Mao, an environmental reporter with the local Intriplus News website. Plainclothes officers arrested Mao without a warrant on May 16. He is being held in pre-trial detention…

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Ouk Mao

Environmental reporter Ouk Mao detained in Cambodia on unknown charges

Bangkok, May 19, 2025—Cambodian authorities must immediately release Ouk Mao, an environmental reporter with the local Intriplus News, and drop any pending charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. Plainclothes officers, who did not produce an arrest warrant, handcuffed Mao on Friday at his home in northeastern Stung Treng province and took…

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Ahmad Noorani

Pakistani journalist’s YouTube channel blocked, under investigation in drive against exiled media

New York, May 16, 2025—Pakistani authorities must immediately restore access to exiled investigative journalist Ahmad Noorani’s YouTube channel in Pakistan and stop law enforcement agencies harassing him and his family, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. “Blocking journalist Ahmad Noorani’s YouTube channel and filing a criminal case against him is indicative of Pakistan’s relentless…

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A woman in a face mask is seen addressing the camera in a YouTube vide.

CPJ, 58 groups call for journalist Zhang Zhan’s immediate release on 5th anniversary of unjust arrest

New York, May 14, 2025—CPJ and 58 other press freedom and human rights groups condemned the Chinese government’s ongoing arbitrary detention of independent journalist Zhang Zhan and called for her immediate release on the fifth anniversary of her arrest. Zhang was first detained on May 14, 2020, while reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. Zhang completed a four-year prison sentence for…

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