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Nearly seven years after journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela was shot and killed, the Ghanaian authorities have failed to identify and hold accountable those responsible.

No justice for murdered Ghanaian journalist as world marks day to end impunity

Abuja, November 3, 2025—As the world marks yet another International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists without accountability for the killing of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls for global solidarity. Divela, a member of the investigative outlet Tiger Eye PI, was murdered near his family home in…

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Beltrán’s body was found in the town of Río Chico, near the state capital of Durango, with a message. (Screenshot: capodgo7/TikTok)

Mexican journalist Miguel Ángel Beltrán killed in Durango

Mexico City, October 31, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Mexican authorities to immediately, credibly, and transparently investigate the killing of journalist Miguel Ángel Beltrán, whose remains were found wrapped in a blanket in the northern state of Durango on the morning of October 25. Beltrán’s body was found in the town of Río…

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting in Russia in December 2024.

Belarusian court sentences journalist Siarhei Chabotska to 3 ½ years in prison

New York, October 31, 2025—Belarusian authorities should immediately release journalist Siarhei Chabotska, and stop jailing journalists for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. A Belarusian court convicted Chabotska on charges of creating or participating in an “extremist” group and defaming the president of Belarus, and sentenced him to three years and six months imprisonment on October…

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Macau Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai speaks to media at the Macau International Airport after China's President Xi Jinping departed from the city on December 20, 2024. (Photo AFP/Justin Chan)

Macao media outlet announces closure amid growing legal pressure and risks

New York, October 31, 2025—Authorities in the Chinese special administrative region of Macao must stop harassing news outlet All About Macau and restore its registration, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday, following the publication’s announcement it would close operations in December amid mounting pressure and risks. “The closure of All About Macau is a…

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Imtiaz Mir hosting ‘This Evening With Imtiaz Mir.’ Mir was murdered on September 21.

Pakistani journalist Imtiaz Mir killed by militant group in Karachi

New York, October 31, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges authorities in Pakistan to swiftly investigate and prosecute the suspected killers of journalist Imtiaz Mir, who was allegedly murdered by a militant group in connection to his reporting on Israel. “Authorities in Pakistan must hold those responsible for killing Imtiaz Mir accountable and send a…

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Security personnel in the capital Kampala barred reporters with the NMG-U-owned NTV Uganda and the Daily Monitor news sites from entering parliament grounds, citing unspecified “instructions not to let them in.” (Screenshot: NTV Uganda Live News/YouTube)

Ugandan authorities ban Nation Media Group from parliamentary, presidential coverage

Kampala, October 30, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ugandan authorities to lift restrictions barring the privately owned Nation Media Group-Uganda (NMG-U) from covering parliament and presidential events, and to ensure that journalists can report freely and in the public interest ahead of the country’s January 2026 elections. “Blocking journalists from reporting on the legislature and…

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Maimouna Ndour Faye, owner of the private television channel 7TV, is one of two journalists who remain in custody of five arrested in a media crackdown.

5 journalists arrested in raids on Senegal’s 7TV and RFM broadcasters

Dakar, October 29, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Senegalese authorities to immediately release two journalists arrested in an October 28-29 crackdown on two outlets — 7TV and RFM — that had broadcast interviews with a politician wanted by authorities. Three other journalists were also detained during the raid on RFM, but released the same day. The journalists in custody as of October…

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Reporter Ibrahim Naber was part of a WELT crew hit by a drone on October 13, 2025. All three men suffered minor injuries.

Russian drone attacks German TV crew reporting in Ukraine

New York, October 29, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for a thorough investigation into a recent Russian attack in Ukraine, which wounded Ivan Zakharenko, a local producer with German media group WELT.  “The Russian attack on WELT journalists, which injured Ukrainian producer Ivan Zakharenko, is yet another illustration of the extraordinary risks journalists face while…

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Kyrgystan has labeled CPJ’s 2025 International Press Freedom Award winner Bolot Temirov as “extremist” in an attempt to stifle anticorruption reporting into the top echelons of Kyrgyzstan’s government.

Kyrgyzstan declares investigative outlets Kloop and Temirov Live ‘extremist’

New York, October 28, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the reversal of an October 27 court decision in Kyrgyzstan declaring the publications of investigative outlets Temirov Live and Kloop “extremist.” The same decision has designated the activity of CPJ’s 2025 International Press Freedom Award winner and Temirov Live founder Bolot Temirov, and Kloop founder Rinat Tuhvatshin, as “extremist.”…

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An Istanbul court arrested TELE1 Merdan Yanardağ as part of a political “espionage” investigation in which the imprisoned Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, seen here, is also a suspect.

Turkey seizes control of critical broadcaster TELE1, arrests editor-in-chief 

Istanbul, October 27, 2025—Turkish authorities should release TELE1 editor-in-chief Merdan Yanardağ and withdraw the order to assign a trustee to seize control of the outlet, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. Istanbul police detained Yanardağ on October 24, and on October 27, a court arrested him pending trial as part of a political “espionage” investigation in which the imprisoned Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is…

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