Arrested

Nazareth, Israel, July 10, 2025—Police arrested and detained journalist and activist Israel Frey on Wednesday, July 9, in Tel Aviv after the State Attorney’s office opened a criminal investigation on Tuesday on accusations of inciting terrorism based on a social media post on X. A Tel Aviv court on Thursday extended Frey’s detention by three…

New York, July 8, 2025—Members of the Sudan Liberation Movement–Transitional Council (SLM–TC), an armed group affiliated with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), arrested freelance journalists Nasr Yaqoub and Mohamed Ahmed Nazar on Monday, July 7, from a shop in Abu Shouk Camp market in El-Fasher, North Darfur.  Yaqoub and Nazar were released on July 9,…

Washington, D.C., July 3, 2025— The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the June 18 arrest of journalist Muzahim Bajaber in central Yemen’s Hadramout Governorate on unspecified charges.  The warrant, reviewed by CPJ, was issued by a Specialized Criminal Court and violates Article 13 of Yemen’s Press and Publications Law, which protects journalists from punishment for publishing their opinions unless they…

Kinshasa, June 26, 2025—A senior military officer of the Congolese armed forces arrested Serge Sindani, a defense reporter and director of the privately owned website Kis24.info, on Tuesday, June 24, for posting a photo of combat aircraft on his X account two days prior.  “Authorities in the DRC must not legitimize the detention of journalist…

Istanbul, June 24, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Turkish authorities to immediately release journalist Fatih Altaylı following his June 22 arrest and imprisonment on accusations of threatening Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in connection with his commentary on a public poll. “Fatih Altaylı’s arrest is a blatant attempt to intimidate an influential commentator into self-censorship,” said Özgür Öğret, CPJ’s…

The Committee to Protect Journalists led a coalition of local and national civil society and press freedom organizations Friday in a letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expressing alarm about the detention of journalist Mario Guevara. Guevara, an Emmy-winning, Spanish-language reporter who covers immigration on his “MGnews” Facebook page and other social…

Washington, D.C., June 17, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by news reports of the ongoing detention and possible deportation of Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara, who was arrested June 14 while covering a “No Kings” protest against the actions of the Trump administration in an Atlanta, Georgia suburb. CPJ wrote a letter to DeKalb County Chief…

As protests over U.S. immigration enforcement raids began throughout the country last week, journalists rushed to cover the rapidly evolving story. Focus turned to Los Angeles, California, as President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard and Marines, notably without California Governor Gavin Newsom’s consent.  Journalists on the ground in LA quickly became part of the…

New York, May 30, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Kyrgyz authorities to end the legal persecution of eight former and current Kloop news website staffers arrested this week—including journalists Aleksandr Aleksandrov and Joomart Duulatov, who on Friday were remanded into pretrial detention until July 21 on charges of calling for mass unrest. “Following Kloop’s forced shutdown last…

New York, May 28, 2025— The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Sudanese authorities to immediately release journalist and blogger Abduljalil Mohamed Abduljalil, who was arrested on Sunday by security forces affiliated with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and to stop arbitrarily arresting journalists for their reporting. “The abduction-like arrest of blogger and veteran journalist Abduljalil Mohamed Abduljalil…