Honduran journalist Frank Mejía files complaint alleging police abuse during in-home detention
Mexico City, May 27, 2025—Honduran authorities should conduct a prompt, thorough, and transparent investigation into the arbitrary detention, accounts of physical abuse and threats against journalist Frank Mejía, and ensure those responsible are held to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. In the early hours of Sunday, May 18, police officers raided Mejía’s home…
Prominent Pakistani journalist Latif Baloch shot dead in Balochistan province
New York, May 27, 2025—Pakistani authorities must immediately investigate the May 24 killing of journalist Latif Baloch in the southwestern province of Balochistan and ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. In the morning, unidentified gunmen broke into Baloch’s home in the Mashkay Tehsil subdivision of Awaran district and…
EU must make media reforms a reality in European Democracy Shield
May 27, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges the European Commission to call on member states to provide both financing and political will to defend media freedom as it moves forward with its European Democracy Shield initiative. Public consultations for the proposed Shield, which European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in 2024, closed…
CPJ, others press Vietnam to free CPJ award winner Pham Doan Trang
May 27, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists joined Reporters Without Borders and two other partner organizations in a joint advocacy statement calling on Vietnam to release journalist Pham Doan Trang. Trang, who is serving a nine-year sentence on anti-state charges, received CPJ’s 2022 International Press Freedom Award for her courage in the face of persecution. Tuesday’s statement…
Mexican journalist José Carlos González shot dead in Acapulco
Mexico City, May 23, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the killing of El Guerrero, Opinión Ciudadana founder and editor José Carlos González Herrera and calls on Mexican authorities to immediately, credibly and transparently investigate the attack to determine if González was targeted for his work. González, 39, was ambushed and shot dead by unidentified men around…
CPJ award winner Adela Navarro targeted by phone threats in Mexico
Mexico City, May 23, 2025—Mexican authorities must immediately investigate a series of threatening phone calls targeting Adela Navarro, editorial director of Tijuana-based weekly magazine Zeta, and take all appropriate steps to guarantee her and her staff’s safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. “The threats against Adela Navarro, amid a spike in violence against…
CPJ, human rights organizations urge Jordanian authorities to reverse decision to block websites
In a joint statement, the Committee to Protect Journalists and 23 other human rights organizations called on the Jordanian government to immediately reverse the May 14 decision to block 12 websites and lift the ban on all affected platforms unconditionally. The statement urges the government to publicly disclose the legal basis for the actions against…
Tax audits target Hong Kong journalists, news outlets as press freedom concerns intensify
New York, May 22, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply alarmed by multiple reports of “unreasonable” tax audits targeting at least six Hong Kong independent media outlets and around 20 journalists and their families, and calls on the Hong Kong government to end its weaponization of financial and tax measures against the press. The Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP),…
Russian authorities raid Bars TV station, editor’s home over defamation case, seize equipment
Berlin, May 22, 2025—Russian authorities must immediately cease their raids on the editorial office of Bars, a regional television broadcaster based in Ivanovo city, and the home of its editor-in-chief, Sergey Kustov, return all equipment and documents seized, and ensure that members of the media platform are not threatened with criminal charges over their work,…
CPJ, others call on UK prime minister to exert diplomatic pressure to secure writer Alaa Abdelfattah’s release
In a joint letter, the Committee to Protect Journalists and 31 other press freedom and human rights organizations urged UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to intensify his diplomatic efforts to secure Egyptian-British writer Alaa Abdelfattah’s release. The letter follows a February call between Starmer and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, which has yet to yield…