Detained

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…

Dakar, July 7, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Senegalese authorities to immediately release news commentator Bachir Fofana, after a judge ordered on July 2 that Fofana remain in detention until July 9, pending the continuation of his trial. Fofana was charged with publishing false news about the recipient of a vehicle purchase contract for the…

Spanish-language reporter Mario Guevara, who has covered immigrant issues in the Atlanta metro area for the past 20 years, was detained by local law enforcement while livestreaming a local “No Kings” protest in mid-June. He was charged with three misdemeanors and then denied bond when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)  issued a detainer against him,…

After almost 14 years of civil war, the lightning overthrow of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in December has unleashed the possibility of returning home for hundreds of exiled journalists. For Ahmad Primo, who was arrested by the government for reporting that the 2011 protests were a revolution and then jailed by Islamic State, the idea…

Atlanta, July 2, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the decision by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities not to comply with a federal immigration judge order that granted bail to Atlanta-based Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara, who was originally arrested on First Amendment-related charges. Those charges were dropped on June 25. CPJ calls for Guevara’s immediate…

Istanbul, July 1, 2025—Turkish authorities must release from custody four staff members of the leftist satirical weekly LeMan and ensure their safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday.  Police raided the Istanbul offices of LeMan Monday evening and detained the staff members after the publication of what officials claimed was a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad, a depiction that is forbidden in…

Atlanta, Georgia, July 1, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Tuesday’s order to release journalist Mario Guevara, who was arrested while livestreaming a protest in an Atlanta suburb on June 14, from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, on bond. Despite the court order for Guevara’s release, CPJ is concerned by the government lawyer’s argument…

Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, June 30, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Syrian authorities to disclose the reason for the detention of Kurdish journalist Hassan Zaza, who was taken from his home by security forces to an unknown location early on Friday. “The secret detention of journalist Hassan Zaza, without any explanation from Syrian officials, reflects…

Geneva, June 27, 2025—A handwritten letter by journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who has been detained in the Philippines for more than five years without a conviction, was read out at the United Nations headquarters by U.N. special envoy Irene Khan, who called the 26-year-old’s prolonged detention “a travesty of justice.” It was the first time…

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…