Press Center

New York, August 14, 2026—Five years on from the Taliban’s seizure of Afghanistan, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the group to halt its brutal repression of the press — particularly women journalists — and lift sweeping restrictions that have cut access to independent information and allowed a propaganda ecosystem to flourish. After capturing…

Miami, August 10, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the dismissal of a defamation lawsuit against investigative journalist Jeff Stein, editor of the SpyTalk podcast on Substack. Stein was sued for $1 million earlier this year by Keith Bass, the assistant secretary of War for Health Affairs and former director of the Office of Medical Services at…

Clothing and accessories featured in the hit 20th Century Studios film to be offered from September 1-15 to benefit the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) A public exhibition of the items in the sale will be held at Christie’s New York from September 8-13 New York,…

New York, August 6, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists is renewing its demands for immediate accountability for the killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil. This follows an Amnesty International investigation concluding that the Israeli strike that killed her should be investigated as a war crime. Khalil was murdered in southern Lebanon on April 22, 2026,…

Awardees to be honored in November in New York New York, August 5, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today announced it will honor journalists from Colombia, Eritrea, El Salvador, Hungary, Lebanon, and Myanmar at the 36th annual International Press Freedom Awards in New York on Thursday, November 19, 2026. The event will be chaired…

Miami, Aug. 1, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists is disappointed that the Cuban government has not seen it fit to include independent media on its new list of professional activities freed from state control among economic reforms, according to news reports. On Wednesday, the government announced reforms allowing private enterprise in economic sectors such as transport and energy, as…

New York, July 30, 2026 – The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the immediate release of Nyala Radio station journalists Ishraqah Abdulrahman, Zahraa Muhammad Al-Hassan and Mawahib Ibrahim, after reports that their health has deteriorated since their kidnapping by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group in February. According to a member of the…

Washington, D.C., July 16, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the Trump administration’s decision to impose new visa restrictions on international correspondents, abandoning a decades-old policy enabling foreign journalists to report from the United States without fear that their visa status could be weaponized against them. “Under these restrictions, the Trump administration has moved…

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) demands that the Trump administration withdraw subpoenas targeting several reporters from The New York Times after the news outlet reported this week on security concerns involving President Trump’s new Qatari-donated Air Force One. The subpoenas were issued by Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, asking that the journalists…

The Committee to Protect Journalists stands unequivocally in defense of a free press and in support of Catherine Herridge, a former Fox News reporter, who has been held in civil contempt in Washington, D.C., after declining to reveal sources behind reporting on FBI investigation. “The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s decision to…