Montenegro journalist Danica Nikolić receives new death threat
Berlin, September 18, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Montenegrin authorities to thoroughly investigate death threats against journalist Danica Nikolić, editor-in-chief of the independent news site M Portal, and to take all necessary steps to guarantee her safety. “The ongoing death threats against journalist Danica Nikolić are increasingly alarming and have gone on for far too long,”…
CPJ signs joint statement condemning Peruvian mayor’s death threat against journalist
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined more than 300 journalists from 25 countries—representing 62 international press freedom organizations—in a solidarity statement supporting IDL-Reporteros founder and director Gustavo Gorriti after Lima, Peru Mayor Rafael López Aliaga suggested the journalist should be killed at a September 9 press conference inaugurating the first 5 kilometers of the city’s Via Expresa Sur construction project. Gorriti,…
CPJ calls on Haitian authorities to ensure media leader’s protection after threats
Miami, September 11, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Haitian authorities to end their harassment of Guy Delva, leader of Haitian press freedom group SOS Journalistes protection initiative, and to ensure the journalist can work safely without fear of threats. Delva told CPJ that he has been threatened at least two times in the street by unidentified men, and he believes…
Death threats target India journalist Sneha Barve, weeks after assault
New Delhi, August 1, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges the chief minister of the western state of Maharashtra to take immediate action to protect Indian journalist Sneha Barve, who received fresh death threats on July 24, three weeks after a brutal assault. “It is outrageous that journalist Sneha Barve, who was nearly killed for…
CPJ, partners publish report on threats to community journalism in Guatemala
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined seven other press freedom and human rights organizations—including ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America, Reporters Without Borders, and Protection International—in releasing a report documenting systemic threats to community journalism in Guatemala. The report is based on a fact-finding mission carried out between October 2024 and January 2025, with investigators…
Congo journalist Rosie Pioth sent death threats for anniversary report on 1982 airport bombing
Kinshasa, July 24, 2025—Authorities in the Republic of the Congo must ensure the safety of journalist Rosie Pioth following death threats for her reporting on the anniversary of the 1982 bombing of the Maya-Maya International Airport in the capital, Brazzaville, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. “The authorities of the Republic of the Congo…
CPJ calls for Anas al-Sharif’s protection in face of Israeli smears
New York, July 24, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely worried about the safety of Al Jazeera Arabic’s Gaza correspondent Anas al-Sharif, who is being targeted by an Israeli military smear campaign, which he believes is a precursor to his assassination. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee has stepped up his…
DRC journalist Sadam Kapanda receives death threats for coverage of Kasaï province conflict
Kinshasa, July 23, 2025—Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo must ensure the safety of journalist Sadam Kapanda wa Kapanda, who has received death threats from at least two local officials and two unidentified callers for his reporting, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. Kapanda, a reporter with the privately owned broadcaster Notre…
Journalist Comlan Hugues Sossoukpè forcibly extradited to Benin
Dakar, July 17, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Beninese authorities to release Comlan Hugues Sossoukpè, publishing director of the banned online Beninese weekly newspaper Olofofo Info, following his arrest in Ivory Coast on July 10 and extradition to Benin. “The forcible transfer of journalist Comlan Hugues Sossoukpé by Ivory Coast to Benin, despite his refugee status in…
CPJ, other groups urge Greece to create national plan to fight press attacks
On July 16, CPJ and nine other organizations wrote to the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis about reforms needed to address ongoing media freedom concerns in the country. The letter notes the persistence of serious issues in Greece, including surveillance, threats, harassment, physical attacks, and murders of journalists. It also cites government pressure on editorial…