Detained

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…

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…

New York, October 27, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that freelance Sudanese journalist Muammar Ibrahim was detained by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during the paramilitary group’s advance on the besieged city of El-Fasher in North Darfur, and calls for his immediate and unconditional release. A video that first circulated on…

Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, October 21, 2025 — As a fragile ceasefire pushes through a second week, Palestinian journalists in the West Bank and Gaza still face immense risks. Despite a pause in large-scale fighting, attacks, detention and threats to press freedom persist. While seven journalists were released as part of the ceasefire that began on October…

Almost three years after Ethiopia’s civil war ended, Tigray remains tense and dangerous for journalists, who have been shot at, detained, raided, and swept up in a local power struggle that could trigger renewed conflict. Ethiopian foreign minister Gedion Timothewos warned the United Nations this month that in the northern state of Tigray — the…

Sulaymaniyah, October 14, 2025 —  Israeli authorities have released 14 journalists and others who had been detained, many of them for four days, after sailing aboard the Wijdan (Conscience), a vessel that was part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), one of several aid convoys that have attempted to break the blockade on Gaza.  The…

Washington, D.C., October 7, 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the United Arab Emirates to explain the detention of South Sudanese freelance commentator Samuel Peter Oyay, who was arrested at his home in Dubai on September 30, and to immediately disclose his whereabouts.  Oyay’s wife, Vivian Johnson, told the independent…

Kinshasa, October 6, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to protect journalists, following a knife attack, robbery, and death threats against Patient Chimusa and the repeated detention of Aimé Paluku in government-controlled eastern regions. “The attacks and threats endured by journalist Patient Chimusa, along with the…

New York, October 2, 2025 – The Committee to Protect Journalists demands Israeli authorities immediately and unconditionally release the humanitarian crew of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, which includes at least 32 journalists, after the vessels were seized on October 1 and 2. “Detaining members of the press while reporting on a humanitarian mission is…

Washington, D.C., October 1, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press express deep concern that a United States Appeals Court rejected a motion for stay of removal in the case of Mario Guevara, meaning that the journalist could now be deported back to his native El Salvador.  In a decision published Wednesday, the court…