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A fire burns outside the Prothom Alo office, which was vandalized in Dhaka on December 19, 2025, amid protests following the news of the youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi’s death. (Photo: AFP/Abdul Goni)

CPJ, partners call for probe into attacks on Bangladesh news outlets

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined six civil society organizations in calling for swift, independent, and transparent investigations into violent attacks on news outlets in Bangladesh, warning of escalating threats to freedom of expression and the press ahead of the 2026 national election. The statement issued Monday follows attacks on December 18 against the offices…

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Anthony Rodríguez Rumiche, a reporter with digital media outlet Prensa Callao TV, posted a video after his car was shot at least 20 times in Callao, a province neighboring Lima, Peru. (Screenshot: Facebook/Noticia Al Día - Bagua Grande TV)

2 Peruvian journalists targeted by gunfire within one week

São Paulo, December 22, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Peruvian authorities to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the attacks against journalists Mitzar Castillejos Tenazoa, shot at gunpoint on December 12, and Anthony Rodríguez Rumiche, whose car was shot at least 20 times in front of his home on December 19. Tenazoa, host of Radio Latín Plus and director of…

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Police have arrested a man who forced his way into the Infomax newsroom in Skopje.

Man storms Infomax newsroom during live broadcast in North Macedonia

Berlin, December 16, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on North Macedonian authorities to hold accountable a man who violently intruded upon the newsroom of the Infomax news website in Skopje during a live broadcast, and take concrete steps to ensure the safety of journalists and newsrooms across the country. Police have arrested the man and prosecutors have begun a criminal proceeding against him.  “CPJ welcomes…

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Cameroon President Paul Biya (center) gestures as he celebrates his inauguration at the National Assembly in Yaounde on November 6, 2025.

Post-election Cameroon: ‘The regime considers the press to be its last enemy’

In his campaign to win an eighth term, Cameroonian President Paul Biya pledged to “strengthen measures to protect freedom of expression and journalists” in one of Africa’s most dangerous countries for the press. But six journalists who spoke to CPJ after October’s contested election — which opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary claimed to have won,…

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Former police officer Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier, leader of the 'G9' gang alliance, speaks during a press conference in Delmas 6, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 5, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol

‘Disguised dictatorship’: A fight for government transparency amid Haiti’s insecurity

Read this story en français in collaboration with AyiboPost. Violent attacks and threats waged by a coalition of militarized gangs are among the many risks Haitian journalists face to report the news amid intensifying insecurity in the country’s capital city, Port-au-Prince. Yet as a rotating cast of transitional leaders hope to restore order across the Caribbean nation,…

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(Screenshot: Henry Torres/Facebook)

Honduran journalist attacked by local mayor, accomplice

Mexico City, Dec. 9, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Honduran authorities to swiftly and impartially investigate journalist Henry Torres’ attack in the western municipality of San Marcos Ocotepeque and fully hold those responsible to account. Around 10:45 a.m. on December 4, Mayor Gerardo Antonio Mejía and his cousin and municipal employee, Jester Cardona…

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On the evening of July 5, journalist Gustavo Chicangana Álvarez and his wife were leaving their home in San José del Guaviare when they were confronted by a man with a revolver. (Photo: John Otis)

The attempted murder of a veteran journalist stirs fear, defiance in Colombia 

Wanted Colombian rebel leader Aníbal Hernández Garavito was irate when he called into the local Es el Colmo (“It’s the last straw”) radio program at 5:48 a.m. on March 14, 2025. His voice raised, Hernández slammed the station’s critical coverage of his guerrilla group, but show host Gustavo Chicangana Álvarez refused to be bullied. Hernández, who had a  $13,000 bounty on…

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Journalists inside the Press House headquarters in Gaza City during the last war.

Amid the loss of war, this media center stands by Gaza’s free press

For years, Bilal Jadallah was the quiet force defending independent journalism in the Gaza Strip — a mentor, protector, and the architect of rare safe spaces for Palestinian journalists working under constant threat. When he was killed in an Israeli strike on November 19, 2023, early on in the latest Israel-Gaza war, the loss reverberated…

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Local outlets that a device, believed to be a grenade, exploded at the entrance of RCN media’s headquarters in the western city of Cali on Sunday evening. (Screenshot: Noticias RCN/YouTube)

Bomb attack damages independent media outlet’s headquarters in Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia —The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Colombian authorities to take comprehensive steps to ensure the safety of RCN media employees after a reported bomb attack on the outlet’s headquarters in the western city of Cali, and bring those responsible to account. Authorities told local outlets that a device, believed to be a grenade, exploded at…

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Soldiers lock a gate from the inside at Sde Teiman detention facility, after Israeli military police arrived at the site as part of an investigation into the suspected abuse of a Palestinian detainee.

Israeli journalist faces threats after reporting alleged sexual abuse of prisoner

Washington, DC, November 17, 2025 – The Committee to Protect Journalists deplores the escalating threats and harassment against Channel 12 Israeli journalist Guy Peleg in apparent retaliation for his reporting on the alleged abuse of a prisoner at an Israeli detention facility. Following his August 2024 exposé, which aired a leaked video allegedly showing Israeli…

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