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A woman walks past a burning barricade set during a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on April 2, 2025. Violence against journalists is increasing as Haiti descends further into chaos. (Photo: Reuters/Ralph Tedy Erol)

Journalists kidnapped, threatened with lynching as chaos worsens in Haiti

Miami, April 8, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about deteriorating media safety amid surging violence in Haiti, in which at least one journalist was kidnapped and two were almost lynched. Roger Claudy Israël, owner of local radio station RC FM, and his brother were kidnapped in the central city of Mirebalais by Viv…

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Voice of America

CPJ, partners urge Congress to protect USAGM-affiliated journalists from deportation

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined PEN America and other partner organizations in a joint letter Tuesday urging Congress to take immediate action to protect journalists affiliated with the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) outlets — such as Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty — from the risk of…

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A view of the Voice of America building in Washington, D.C. on March 16, 2025 , a day after more than 1,300 employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media's broadcaster were placed on leave. (Photo: Reuters/Annabelle Gordon)

Media rights, journalist groups call on US to protect press freedom after USAGM gutted

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 27 other press freedom and journalist groups on March 19 in voicing support for a free press, and called on the United States to protect reporters and media workers employed by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). The letter, organized by CPJ, said that eliminating the agency’s outlets,…

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President Donald Trump is seen leaving Trump International Golf Club on March 15, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. CPJ has called on congressional leaders to support the agency funding Voice of America and Radio Free outlets after Trump signed an executive order on March 14 that decimated those groups. (Photo: AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘Reward to dictators’: CPJ stands with thousands of journalists harmed by Trump’s dismantling of VOA, Radio Free outlets

The Committee to Protect Journalists stands in support of thousands of journalists and millions of citizens around the world impacted by President Donald Trump’s dismantling Voice of America’s (VOA) staff and termination of funding to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and Radio Free Asia (RFA). CPJ condemns a Trump executive order issued Friday that resulted…

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President Donald Trump arrives in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday, March 14, 2025, the day he signed an executive order that aims to dismantle the agency funding Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. (Photo: AP Manuel Balce Ceneta)

CPJ urges US Congress to stop Trump from gutting VOA parent as ‘mass suspensions’ begin

Washington, D.C., March 15, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges United States congressional leaders to protect the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) after President Trump signed an executive order on Friday aimed at dismantling the parent of Voice of America (VOA). “It is outrageous that the White House is seeking to gut the Congress-funded…

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Iranian-American journalist detained in Evin prison without access to lawyer

Washington D.C., October 17, 2024—CPJ is alarmed by reports that Iranian authorities arrested Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh in September in the capital, Tehran, and have since detained him in Evin prison without access to a lawyer, according to a former colleague, who spoke to CPJ on the condition of anonymity, citing fear of government reprisal….

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Authorities suspend Voice of America, extending censorship trend in Burkina Faso

Dakar, October 9, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Burkinabe authorities to lift the suspension of the U.S. Congress-funded broadcaster Voice of America (VOA), which is the latest outlet to be censored for discussing insecurity in the Sahel region. “Instead of seeking to constrain the media available to people in their country, Burkinabe…

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Burkina Faso's interim President Ibrahim Traoré, shown here attending a Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on July 28, 2023, has led the country since seizing power during a September 2022 coup. Burkinabe authorities have suspended several international media outlets for reporting on military misconduct allegations. (Photo: Donat Sorokin/TASS)

Burkina Faso’s media regulator suspends BBC Africa and Voice of America

Dakar, 26 April 2024– The Burkinabe authorities should immediately lift the suspension of BBC Africa and Voice of America, and reverse the directive seeking to control local outlets’ coverage, said the Committee to Protect Journalists on Friday. On Thursday, the Superior Council of Communication (CSC), Burkina Faso’s media regulator, suspended Britain’s publicly-funded BBC Afrique and…

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In an interview with TOLOnews on April 6, Najibullah Haqqani, the Taliban's acting Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology, revealed plans to restrict or block access to Facebook in Afghanistan. (Screenshot: TOLOnews/YouTube)

CPJ calls on Taliban to drop plans to restrict Facebook access in Afghanistan

New York, April 8, 2024 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that the Taliban plans to restrict or block access to Facebook in Afghanistan and calls on authorities not to move ahead on a measure that would further impede the free flow of information in the country. On April 6, Najibullah Haqqani, the Taliban’s acting…

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CPJ alarmed by disappearance of Yemeni journalist Naseh Shaker

New York, December 1, 2023—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply alarmed by the disappearance of Yemeni journalist Naseh Shaker and calls on the Southern Transitional Council (STC), the de facto authority in southern Yemen, to disclose his whereabouts. Shaker was last heard from on November 19, when he spoke to his mother at around…

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