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New Delhi, November 3, 2025—Indian authorities must take immediate steps to guarantee the safety of journalist and Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub and her family, after she received multiple threats via her phone from someone who knew her home address, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. “The threats of violence made against Rana Ayyub…

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…

Dakar, October 21, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Madagascar to investigate those responsible for shooting two journalists and assaulting two others covering protests in Madagascar that forced the president to flee. “It is unacceptable that journalists who were simply reporting on a major news event were targeted by law enforcement agents,”…

Istanbul, October 15, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges the Turkish authorities to investigate the armed assault on journalist Nafiz Koca and determine whether it was carried out in retaliation for his work.  Koca, chair of the Elazığ Press and Media Society and publisher of the local newspapers Günışığı and Yeni Ufuk in the eastern province of Elazığ,…

Istanbul, October 6, 2025—Turkish authorities in the eastern province of Elazığ must investigate the recent assault of journalist Evren Demirdaş and ensure his attackers and anyone behind the assault are held to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. On October 1, three men beat the journalist and broke his nose. Demirdaş, the Elazığ reporter for the…

Washington, D.C., September 29, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the immediate release of Yemeni freelance journalist Majed Zayed, who press freedom and human rights groups say was abducted by Houthi authorities on September 23 amid a wave of detentions. Zayed, a contributor to independent Yemen-based media outlets Nafzet Al-Yemen, Almawqea Post, and Mda…

Since the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7, 2023, the Committee to Protect Journalists has documented at least 174 cases of journalists injured and two cases of journalists missing. CPJ believes the true number of injured Palestinian journalists is likely higher and continues to investigate additional cases. CPJ counts the journalists’ cases it has been…

New York, September 24, 2025—More than 250 journalists and representatives from media groups around the world on Wednesday called for Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to take “decisive action” and immediately release journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, in a letter coordinated by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio coalition. The 26-year-old journalist has…

Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which killed 31 journalists and media support workers on September 10, signal that its deadly pattern of attacking reporters and newsrooms on the grounds that they publish “terrorist” propaganda has spread firmly across the Middle East.  Yemen’s 26 September newspaper was the first to…

Washington, D.C., September 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Houthi authorities, who control most of Yemen, to immediately restore access to independent media outlet Barran Press, which the rebels have blocked via two internet service providers that they control. On September 6, Barran Press, which is based in the government-controlled city of Marib,…