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Paris, August 28, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the mayor of Tehran, Alireza Zakani, to respect the Tehran Journalists’ Association’s right to function without undue interference after the mayor’s office of the Iranian capital city ousted the organization, in what the group described as retaliatory action. “We strongly oppose the forced closure of…

New York, August 28, 2025—A massive, early morning Russian attack on Ukraine damaged the offices of at least three news outlets on August 28, 2025. In Kyiv, the offices of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and independent news outlet Ukrainska Pravda were damaged in a drone and missile attack. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, in eastern Ukraine, a drone strike damaged the office of local newspaper Mezhivsky Merydian. No media…

New York, August 28, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an independent investigation into Monday’s killing of five journalists by multiple Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza. A preliminary Israeli military report said “it appears” that a Hamas camera was the target of the attack and named six “terrorists who were…

Brunswick, Georgia, August 27, 2025一Journalist Mario Guevara remains in detention after a judge requested more information in a federal court hearing Wednesday in which the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) petitioned for his immediate release.  Guevara’s legal team, including the ACLU, argued before U.S. Magistrate Judge Benjamin Cheesbro, of the U.S. District Court for the…

New York, August 27, 2025— Ahead of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on August 30, the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Mozambican chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA Mozambique) call on authorities to provide credible answers on the fate of two journalists, Ibraimo Abú Mbaruco and Arlindo…

New York, August 26, 2025—Taliban authorities must immediately release Afghan journalist Shikib Ahmad Nazari, who has been detained by Taliban since July after a raid at his office in the latest crackdown on journalists reporting for overseas media, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. Nazari, who reports for Japan’s Nippon TV News among others, was detained on July…

New York, August 26, 2025—A Belarusian court convicted freelance journalist Aleh Supruniuk on charges of participating in an “extremist” group” and sentenced him to three years imprisonment on August 8. His sentencing was made public August 25 by the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), an advocacy and trade group operating from exile. “The sentencing of journalist Aleh Supruniuk to three years in…

Bangkok, August 26, 2025—Security personnel, police officers, and community members attacked a group of eight journalists covering an environmental inspection at the PT Genesis Regeneration Smelting facility in Serang, a city west of the capital Jakarta, on August 21. At least one journalist sustained injuries that required medical attention. “Indonesian authorities must identify, arrest, and…

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined six other international and local press freedom organizations in a joint statement alerting the UN Human Rights Council on the state of press freedom in Honduras ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) pre-sessions on Tuesday.  In the letter, the organizations expressed grave concern over recent attacks on journalists…

Editor’s note: This alert has been updated to include a response from Hong Kong’s Immigration Department. New York, August 25, 2025—Hong Kong authorities should ensure the right of journalists to work freely and renew the work visa of Bloomberg reporter Rebecca Choong Wilkins, who is among at least eight journalists whose work visas and entry into the city have been…