CPJ joins 2 urgent calls for legal transparency following FBI search of WaPo journalist’s home
The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined two coalition efforts to express concern over the Wednesday search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, during which the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized her electronic devices in connection with a reported investigation into a government contractor’s handling of classified documents. In a joint statement led by the Free Press, 31…
In highly unusual move, FBI searches Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, seizes devices
Update: After publication, the Washington Post reported in an update that its newsroom has also been subpoenaed. Washington, D.C., January 14, 2026—Federal agents with the FBI have made a highly unusual move of searching the Virginia home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson, and seizing her electronic devices, in a move that the Committee to…
Prominent Indian journalist Rana Ayyub, her father face threats
New Delhi, November 3, 2025—Indian authorities must take immediate steps to guarantee the safety of journalist and Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub and her family, after she received multiple threats via her phone from someone who knew her home address, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. “The threats of violence made against Rana Ayyub…
Mahoney: Biden’s Saudi policy stymies quest for Khashoggi justice
From pariah to potential partner. That’s how far Saudi Arabia has come for President Joe Biden in the five years since Riyadh sent a death squad to butcher journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The administration’s ongoing rehabilitation of the petrodollar kingdom and its de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, widely known as MBS, seems to…
Taliban bans Washington Post journalist Susannah George from returning to Afghanistan
New York, April 20, 2023—Taliban authorities must allow Washington Post journalist Susannah George to return to and work from Afghanistan and should stop all attempts to restrict the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. In a statement on Thursday, April 20, Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee said that George, the paper’s Islamabad-based…
Iran’s seizure of detained journalists’ devices raises fears of fresh arrests, convictions
Five months after the death of a young woman in morality police custody sparked widespread protests, Iranian authorities are charging journalists who covered the uprising with anti-state crimes. In many of these cases, authorities have powerful tools at their disposal to aid in convictions: journalists’ phones and laptops. CPJ counted at least 95 journalists arrested since the start of the protests….