Letters

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined a global coalition of 29 civil society organizations calling on democratic governments to prioritize advocacy on behalf of journalists, human rights defenders, and political leaders who have been imprisoned for dissent. Released on the International Day of Political Prisoners on October 30, the joint statement said democratic governments must…

The Committee to Protect Journalists in a Friday letter called on U.S. Secretary of State Rubio to clarify recent decisions to revoke visas. Under the second Trump administration, the State Department has revoked visas for international journalists, as well as commentators and writers, in connection with their reporting or speech on foreign affairs. On October 26, British commentator Sami…

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and seven partner organizations that form the International Mission for Freedom of Expression and Press Freedom in Honduras warned of intensifying risks for Honduran journalists in a joint letter ahead of the country’s November 30 general elections, citing judicial harassment, surveillance, and widespread impunity threatening independent reporting and the public’s…

The Committee to Protect Journalists and 37 other media and human rights groups have written to the Angolan Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technologies, and Media, urging amendments to the draft law on the Dissemination of False Information on the Internet, to ensure it aligns with Angola’s constitutional protections for freedom of expression and with the  international and regional…

The Committee to Protect Journalists on October 19 joined five civil society organizations in a letter urging Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, to strengthen protection of human rights and press freedom ahead of the 2026 elections. In the joint letter, the groups commended reforms undertaken since the July Revolution that ended…

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 17 press freedom and human rights groups in urging Turkey to remove a bill that could criminalize reporting on LGBTQ+ issues from its upcoming 11th Judicial Package of legal reforms. According to the draft of the law, anyone who “engages in or publicly encourages, praises, or promotes behavior that contradicts innate biological sex and…

The Committee to Protect Journalists and eight partner organizations urged European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday to raise the issue of the escalating press freedom crisis in the Western Balkans, particularly in Serbia, during her visit to the region this week. The joint statement highlights the severe deterioration of press freedom in…

On the eve of the anniversary of the murder of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, CPJ joins 17 press freedom and journalists’ organizations to call on Malta to set up a national action plan on media freedom and journalist safety.  Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb attack on October 16, 2017….

The Committee to Protect Journalists called on the Pentagon to reconsider new restrictions on journalists covering the Department of War in a letter sent Friday to the United States Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs. The Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs announced new policies and…

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 20 partner organizations in a coalition statement Monday calling on Vietnamese authorities to release 2022 International Press Freedom Award winner Pham Doan Trang, who is serving a nine-year prison sentence on anti-state charges. The joint statement marks the fifth anniversary of Trang’s arrest, highlights the deterioration of her prison conditions,…