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On April 11, 1999, Slavko Ćuruvija, the owner of Serbia’s first private daily newspaper, Dnevni Telegraf, was assassinated outside his home in the capital, Belgrade. After a decades-long pursuit of accountability, the case reached a turning point in February 2024 when the Belgrade Court of Appeal issued a final, non-appealable acquittal for four former Slobodan Milošević-era state…

MEXICO CITY May 7, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) joined the Inter American Press Association (SIP-IAPA) in a series of meetings with Mexico’s judicial leadership on Wednesday to address systemic impunity and the ongoing crisis of violence against the press.  The delegation, which included CPJ Américas Director José Zamora and prominent regional editors, met…

New York, May 7, 2026 — Four years after the Israeli military’s killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the reported investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into her murder appears to have stalled. It remains unclear whether any eyewitnesses in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories have been formally interviewed, and the…

To mark the upcoming fourth anniversary of the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, on May 11, 2026, the Abu Akleh family issued a public statement affirming that they “will not stop” pursuing “justice for Shireen through all available avenues.” Abu Akleh was murdered while covering an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) operation in the…

Mexico City, May 5, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calls for a prompt and transparent investigation into the killing of journalist Carlos Humberto Cal Ical, who was shot and killed outside his home in central Guatemala on April 26. Cal, a prominent journalist with over 25 years of experience, was intercepted by unidentified individuals…

Bangkok, April 30, 2026—The Philippines government must immediately conduct an independent investigation into the killing of community journalist RJ Nichole Ledesma and hold any military members responsible for his death accountable, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. On April 19, Ledesma, a writer and editor at the local Padhimutad Negros and former editor-in-chief of…

New York, April 23, 2026—Israel’s failure to allow medical crews access to injured Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil in time to save her may constitute a war crime, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday. Khalil, a reporter for the privately owned local daily newspaper Al-Akhbar, was on assignment documenting the aftermath of attacks in…

CPJ joins four press freedom and journalist organizations to call on the Maltese authorities to make long-overdue media reforms an immediate priority, and to commit to meaningful and transparent collaboration with national and international civil society.  The assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was killed in a car bomb attack in 2017, generated…

Brussels, April 17, 2026—European Union officials and foreign ministers should call for a full or partial suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement during the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council on April 21, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. The agreement sets out the EU’s legal and institutional framework for political dialogue and economic cooperation with…

New York, April 15, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 28 other civil society organizations in a joint letter urging the United States to take decisive action to help end the war in Sudan, as it marks its third anniversary. The letter highlights escalating atrocities by both the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese…