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,”…
Indian government uses court order to censor reporting on Adani Enterprises
New Delhi, September 18, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by a directive from Indian authorities ordering the removal of dozens of allegedly defamatory media items about Adani Enterprises and calls on the government to stop censoring legitimate reporting on powerful business interests. On September 16, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ordered…
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,…
Kyrgyzstan sentences 2 Kloop journalists to 5 years in jail on bogus charges
New York, September 17, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today’s sentencing of journalists Joomart Duulatov and Aleksandr Aleksandrov to five-year prison terms in Kyrgyzstan and calls for their immediate release. Duulatov and Aleksandrov, who worked as camera operators for investigative outlet Kloop, were detained on May 28 on charges of calling for mass unrest over videos produced by…
Belarus uses ‘extremism’ charges to jail a journalist for 4 years, detain another
New York, September 17, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Tuesday’s sentencing of Belarusian journalist Ihar Ilyash to four years in jail and a fine of 4,200 rubles (US$1,240) on charges of promoting “extremist” activities and “discrediting” Belarus. Separately, on September 13, the independent news website Pozirk reported that journalist Kiryl Pazniak had been detained in early September on suspicion of involvement with a…
In Niger, journalist faces up to 3 years jail for alleged defamation of PM
Dakar, September 17, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges authorities in Niger to immediately release Ali Soumana, publishing director of the privately owned Le Courrier newspaper, after Prime Minister Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine complained of defamation. “Ali Soumana’s imprisonment illustrates that press freedom in Niger has declined since last year, when President Abdourahmane Tchiani reintroduced…
Taliban blocks fiber optic internet in Afghan provinces for ‘immorality’
New York, September 17, 2025—Taliban authorities must immediately restore fiber optic internet in Balkh and up to nine other provinces to ensure that Afghan citizens have access to Wi-Fi internet and journalists can continue to provide the public with reliable news, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. “Banning broadband internet is an unprecedented escalation…
CPJ, partners call on Lebanese Parliament to ensure media law protects press freedom
CPJ joined 13 local and international organizations in urging the Lebanese Parliament to ensure the draft media law under consideration upholds free expression. The draft law, submitted to the parliamentary committee in May 2025, included significant advancements in protecting free expression in Lebanon, including abolishing pretrial detention and prison sentences for all speech-related violations. It…
CPJ, partners urge Cambodia to release 2 journalists charged with treason
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined eight local and regional organizations in calling on Cambodian authorities to release journalists Pheap Phara and Phon Sopheap and drop all charges against them. The two were detained on July 31 after reporting on a Cambodia-Thailand border dispute and later charged under Section 445 of the criminal code, which covers treason…
CPJ to honor tenacious journalists with 2025 International Press Freedom Awards
Esteemed awardees from four regions to be recognized in November New York, September 12, 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today announced that it will honor journalists from China, Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan, and Tunisia – as well as a champion of U.S. press freedom – at its 35th annual International Press Freedom Awards in…