CPJ, partners call on EU president to address Western Balkans press freedom crisis
The Committee to Protect Journalists and eight partner organizations urged European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday to raise the issue of the escalating press freedom crisis in the Western Balkans, particularly in Serbia, during her visit to the region this week. The joint statement highlights the severe deterioration of press freedom in…
In eastern DRC, journalist faces knife attack, threats, another detained 3 times
Kinshasa, October 6, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to protect journalists, following a knife attack, robbery, and death threats against Patient Chimusa and the repeated detention of Aimé Paluku in government-controlled eastern regions. “The attacks and threats endured by journalist Patient Chimusa, along with the…
CPJ calls on FCC chair to respect First Amendment rights, press freedom
Washington, D.C., September 30, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr to refrain from politicizing the agency’s regulatory authority and to respect the First Amendment rights of media organizations to report the news without fear of retaliation. Under Carr’s leadership, the FCC has reopened investigations into some major broadcasters,…
DRC journalist Pacifique Muliri in hiding after threats over mining investigation
Kinshasa, September 24, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure the safety of journalist Pacifique Muliri, who has been in hiding since July, after receiving multiple calls and death threats related to his reporting on mining in eastern South Kivu province. From July 1 to 3,…
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…