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External shot of Smile FM in Liberia

In Liberia, armed men attack Smile FM employee, police shutter station for 2 weeks

Abuja, May 21, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Liberian authorities to swiftly investigate the May 5 raid on Smile FM by a dozen armed men who beat a member of staff and occupied the premises until police sealed it off and stopped broadcasts.  “Liberian authorities must hold to account those who attacked Smile…

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European Council President Antonio Costa, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen attend a press conference at the UK-EU summit at Lancaster House on May 19, 2025 in London, England. Carl Court/Pool via REUTERS

EU decision on Israel must turn into action, CPJ says

New York, May 20, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Tuesday’s decision by European Union foreign ministers to review the EU-Israel Association Agreement, which sets out the EU’s legal and institutional framework for political dialogue and economic cooperation with Israel. The review could in principle lead to a suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. CPJ has been calling for…

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Unexploded ordnance lie on the ground on a street, after the Sudanese army deepened its control over Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudan April 27, 2025. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig

Sudanese photojournalist Al-Shykh Al-Samany Saadaldyn killed in drone strike

New York, May 20, 2025 –The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an investigation into the May 18 killing of Sudanese freelance photojournalist Al-Shykh Al-Samany Saadaldyn Mousa Abdulla, also known as “Sheikho,” who was killed in a suspected paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) drone strike on Sunday while covering an event organized by the Sudan Shield Forces, a pro Sudanese…

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Headshot of Turkish journalist İsmail Arı

Turkish journalist, family receive death threats after reporting on bribery allegations

Istanbul, May 19, 2025—Turkish authorities should do everything in their power to protect BirGün reporter İsmail Arı and his family after they received death threats in connection with the journalist’s May 13 report  in the leftist daily on court bribery allegations, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday.  “Turkish authorities in Ankara must take the threats made against journalist…

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Ouk Mao

Environmental reporter Ouk Mao detained in Cambodia on unknown charges

Bangkok, May 19, 2025—Cambodian authorities must immediately release Ouk Mao, an environmental reporter with the local Intriplus News, and drop any pending charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. Plainclothes officers, who did not produce an arrest warrant, handcuffed Mao on Friday at his home in northeastern Stung Treng province and took…

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Furkan Karabay

Turkish journalist Furkan Karabay arrested again

Istanbul, May 16, 2025—Turkish authorities should immediately release freelance court reporter Furkan Karabay, who was detained during a police raid early Thursday in Istanbul, and stop detaining journalists who are trying to report the news, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. The detention marks at least the third in recent years. Later Thursday, an Istanbul…

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Tunisian journalist’s health rapidly deteriorates in prison hunger strike

New York, May 16, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Tunisian authorities to immediately grant medical care to jailed journalist Chadha Hadj Mbarek, who went on hunger strike Wednesday after she was repeatedly denied emergency medical attention for various ailments. “Denying medical care to journalist Chadha Hadj Mbarek, whose health is deteriorating in prison, is inhumane and risks…

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Ahmad Noorani

Pakistani journalist’s YouTube channel blocked, under investigation in drive against exiled media

New York, May 16, 2025—Pakistani authorities must immediately restore access to exiled investigative journalist Ahmad Noorani’s YouTube channel in Pakistan and stop law enforcement agencies harassing him and his family, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. “Blocking journalist Ahmad Noorani’s YouTube channel and filing a criminal case against him is indicative of Pakistan’s relentless…

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Ahmed Awga, founder of Jigjiga Television Network.

7 journalist arrests in a month as Ethiopia quashes independence of media regulator

Nairobi, May 16, 2025—Journalist Ahmed Awga has been in prison for over three weeks for interviewing a man who said his 16-year-old son Shafi’i Abdikarim Ali died following a police beating — one of at least seven journalists arrested in Ethiopia in the last month as the government tightens the screws on the media. After…

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People walk past street vendors outside a mosque in Amman, Jordan, in 2018.

Jordan bans 12 news sites for ‘spreading media poison’ following corruption report

Beirut, May 16, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Jordanian authorities to lift Wednesday’s ban on a dozen online news outlets for “spreading media poison and attacking Jordan,” following the publication of allegations that the government unfairly profited from aid to Gaza. “The Jordanian Media Commission’s decision to block 12 media websites is deeply alarming,”…

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