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Rümeysa Öztürk’s student visa was revoked in retaliation for an op-ed she co-bylined in The Tufts Daily in March 2024.

CPJ joins legal effort to support PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined an amicus brief on August 25, 2025, authored by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) in support of Tufts University PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk in her appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Also joined by PEN America, Reporters Without Borders, and the…

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Investigative journalist Héctor de Mauleón was ordered on May 15, 2025, to take down a column that mentioned corruption allegations against a female judicial candidate. (Screenshot: YouTube/Latinus)

Female politicians use meritless lawsuits to censor journalists in Mexico, lawyer says

Mexico City, May 29, 2025—Mexican journalist Héctor de Mauleón will be watching Sunday’s historic judicial elections with interest — not simply because June 1 marks the first time that Mexicans get to vote for their judges but also because one of the candidates has barred him from reporting critically about her. On May 15, the…

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Wong Wing-yin, a reporter for Hong Kong's public broadcaster, RTHK, is escorted to safety during a pro-government protest on October 25, 2014, during which three journalists were assaulted. (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)

For clues to censorship in Hong Kong, look to Singapore, not Beijing

When journalists covering pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong on September 28, 2014, got word that protesters were having problems with cell phone service, it appeared to be a familiar response from governments across the world to dissent.

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