Photojournalist injured by police while covering protest in Spain’s Mallorca
Berlin, July 29, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Spanish authorities to ensure that police forces guarantee the safety of journalists covering protests after freelance journalist Xavi Hurtado was hit by a police officer while covering a demonstration in Palma, Mallorca and left needing hospital treatment for a head wound and bruising. On July…
CPJ, partners call for investigation into the killing of Yemeni journalist Mohammed Aydah
The Committee to Protect Journalists, together with the Yemeni Media Freedom Observatory and the National Organization of Yemeni Reporters, sent a letter on Tuesday to members of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen calling for a swift, independent, and professional investigation into the killing of journalist Mohammed Aydah. CPJ and its partners urged Council Chairman…
CPJ submits joint report to UN ahead of Sudan human rights review
The Committee to Protect Journalists, together with the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate (SJS), has submitted a report to the United Nations Human Rights Council documenting the devastating collapse of press freedom in Sudan, ahead of the country’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The UPR, a UN mechanism that reviews each member state’s human rights record every 4½…
CPJ, partners publish report documenting dangerous spiral of violence against journalists in Serbia
The Committee to Protect Journalists and partner organizations on Thursday published a report documenting rising attacks, threats, police violence, and smear campaigns against journalists in Serbia, as well as persistent impunity for those responsible. Based on an international fact-finding mission to Belgrade in March 2026, the report also examines legal and digital threats to the…
Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder: Landmark trial puts Malta’s press freedom back in spotlight
More than eight years after the assassination of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia sent shockwaves through Europe, all eyes are once again on the capital Valletta, where the alleged mastermind of her murder has been on trial since July 1. Yorgen Fenech, a powerful businessman, is standing trial on a charge of complicity in murder…
Ex-judge, ex-general sentenced to 5 years for spying on Chilean journalist
São Paulo, July 1, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes an unprecedented June 30 court decision that sentenced a former judge and an ex-general to five years in prison for illegally spying on independent journalist Mauricio Weibel Barahona as he was investigating corruption in the Chilean army. Weibel’s investigation, “Milicogate: The Great Theft from the…
CPJ undertakes review of its documentation of journalists killed in Israel-Gaza war since 2023
New York, June 25, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is conducting a full review of its database of journalists killed during the Israel-Gaza War after militant groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) published obituaries identifying as combatants individuals previously listed by CPJ as journalists. In all countries and conflicts, CPJ removes names from…
CPJ, FPU report exposes serious flaws in Indonesia’s investigation of journalist’s murder
New York/Amsterdam, June 22, 2026—Ahead of the second anniversary of a deadly arson attack on Indonesian journalist Rico Sempurna Pasaribu and his family, a new investigation by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Free Press Unlimited (FPU) has uncovered major flaws in the murder case that highlight the Southeast Asian nation’s poor record of ending impunity…
CPJ welcomes Polish prosecutors’ renewed commitment to Ziętara murder case
Berlin, June 9, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes that Polish prosecutors are preparing for a new trial in the 1992 disappearance and presumed murder of investigative journalist Jarosław Ziętara, after a court recently transferred the case to national prosecutors in Krakow for further evidence-gathering. Hearing dates have yet to be announced. On May 25,…
Under Ghana’s President Mahama, near-total impunity for attacks on 17 journalists
When Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama took office in January 2025, pledging to restore “an era of true media freedom,” journalists had reason to hope that attacks on the press would be taken more seriously than before. But during Mahama’s tenure, CPJ has documented eight separate incidents in which at least 17 journalists were attacked…