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Paris, June 17, 2025—One journalist and one media worker with Iran’s state-owned broadcaster have died from their injuries following Monday’s Israeli strike on the headquarters of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) in the capital Tehran, according to news reports. Nima Rajabpour, a 50-year-old news editor died after undergoing surgery for shrapnel in his back and thigh,…

Beirut, June 16, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is distressed by news reports that Austin Tice was executed in 2013 on the orders of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, after more than 12 years of uncertainty over the American journalist’s fate. “Reports that journalist Austin Tice was executed in 2013 are horrifying and demand immediate…

Washington, D.C., June 14, 2025 — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior announced the Saturday execution of prominent Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser, who had been detained for seven years on charges of treason, foreign collaboration, funding terrorism, and endangering national security and unity.  Saudi authorities arrested al-Jasser in 2018 and seized his devices, believing that he…

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined human rights partners in a June 13 statement calling on the U.S. Congress to reject Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s proposed reorganization of the State Department. Secretary Rubio’s proposed plan, announced in May, would drastically downsize the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), which is responsible for documenting and responding…

As protests over U.S. immigration enforcement raids began throughout the country last week, journalists rushed to cover the rapidly evolving story. Focus turned to Los Angeles, California, as President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard and Marines, notably without California Governor Gavin Newsom’s consent.  Journalists on the ground in LA quickly became part of the…

Kinshasa, June 13, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the three-day detention of RTNC journalist Willy-Albert Kande and interrogation of colleagues Marcelin Mwananteba, Don Kubutana, and Laurent Ngala over coverage of sanitation conditions at the Stade des Martyrs in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “DRC authorities should have never…

Dakar, Senegal, June 11, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Togolese authorities to investigate and hold accountable the gendarmes who detained journalist Flore Monteau and forced her to delete footage she took of anti-government protests on June 6. Monteau was released the same day. “The arrest of Flore Monteau continues a pattern of censorship through detention…

The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday joined 27 press and civil society organizations in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem expressing alarm that federal officials might have violated the First Amendment rights of journalists covering recent protests in Los Angeles, California, which started following immigration raids in the city. The…

CPJ and other six press freedom groups launched a joint statement expressing deep concern over recent attacks against journalists and media outlets in Honduras, including Salvadoran journalist Javier Antonio Hércules Salinas’ June 1 killing and the judicial criminalization of at least 12 media outlets facing ongoing legal complaints with the Public Prosecutor’s Office.  Statement signatories have also submitted…

CPJ and 24 other international press freedom groups, led by IFEX, signed an open letter urging the Venezuelan government to immediately release lawyer and human rights defender Eduardo Torres, a member of the Venezuelan Program for Human Rights Education-Action. Government officials confirmed that Torres was detained May 13 but have since provided no information on…