Impunity

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National Resistance Forces (NRF) abducted Yemeni political commentator Adel Al-Nazili in southwestern Yemen.

UAE-backed paramilitary forces abduct political commentator in southwestern Yemen 

Washington, D.C., December 2, 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the immediate release of political commentator Adel al-Nazili, who rights groups and a family member say was abducted on November 18 from his home in Al-Mokha, southwestern Yemen, by the National Resistance Forces (NRF), paramilitary forces loyal to the internationally-recognised government and…

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The RSF advanced into El Fasher in late October after besieging the city for 18 months.

Sudanese journalist Taj al-Sir Ahmed Suleiman killed by RSF paramilitary in EL-Fasher

New York, December 2, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an urgent investigation into the killing of journalist Taj al-Sir Ahmed Suleiman, director of the Sudan News Agency (SUNA) office in Sudan’s western city of El-Fasher, after reports that fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces executed him and his brother in their home….

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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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Nearly seven years after journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela was shot and killed, the Ghanaian authorities have failed to identify and hold accountable those responsible.

No justice for murdered Ghanaian journalist as world marks day to end impunity

Abuja, November 3, 2025—As the world marks yet another International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists without accountability for the killing of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls for global solidarity. Divela, a member of the investigative outlet Tiger Eye PI, was murdered near his family home in…

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The RSF advanced into El Fasher in late October after besieging the city for 18 months.

As Sudan’s El-Fasher falls, the world loses sight of its journalists

New York, October 31, 2025 — As paramilitary forces seized control of Sudan’s El-Fasher in late October, its journalists have become both witnesses and victims of the unfolding horrors.  The Committee to Protect Journalists has received reports from several rights groups that 13 journalists and media workers in the North Darfur capital — among the…

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Journalists described an atmosphere of intimidation and control, marked by profiling, infiltration of chats, restrictions on political coverage, online attacks, and gender-based violence against women and Indigenous reporters. (Photo: Reuters/Tomas Bravo)

CPJ, partners warn of intensifying risks for journalists in Honduras ahead of elections 

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and seven partner organizations that form the International Mission for Freedom of Expression and Press Freedom in Honduras warned of intensifying risks for Honduran journalists in a joint letter ahead of the country’s November 30 general elections, citing judicial harassment, surveillance, and widespread impunity threatening independent reporting and the public’s…

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A peace rally at Freedom Square in Bratislava, Slovakia, on February 21, 2025, the 7th anniversary of the murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová and the 3rd anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army. (Photo: AFP/Tomas Benedikovic)

We can’t let them get away with it

Unprecedented crimes against journalists call for unprecedented actions The Committee to Protect Journalists called on October 30, 2025, for radical reform of the systems to investigate journalist killings and hold perpetrators to account, after the deadliest three years for journalists and media workers since CPJ began keeping records.  More than 125 journalists and media workers…

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CPJ calls for protection of journalists in Sudan’s El-Fasher, immediate release of those abducted

New York, October 30, 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply alarmed by reports emerging from El-Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur state, which the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has captured in recent days, where journalists, media workers and other civilians are facing an unprecedented wave of violence and impunity.  Over the weekend,…

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2 journalists, 2 attacks, a fight for justice as Bolivia enters new era

A barrage of bullets was waiting for ATB camera operator Percy Suárez and six other journalists when they arrived at the Las Londras ranch in Bolivia’s Guarayos province October 28, 2021, around 852 kilometers outside of the capital, La Paz. The journalists, flown in by a local farmer association, came to cover a land dispute…

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A Palestinian man makes his way past destroyed buildings in Gaza City on October 12, 2025 during a ceasefire.

Ceasefire brings some calm but not safety for journalists in Gaza, West Bank

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…

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