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São Paulo, December 22, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Peruvian authorities to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the attacks against journalists Mitzar Castillejos Tenazoa, shot at gunpoint on December 12, and Anthony Rodríguez Rumiche, whose car was shot at least 20 times in front of his home on December 19. Tenazoa, host of Radio Latín Plus and director of…

Washington, D.C., December 22, 2025—In response to the deterioration of press freedom in the United States, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has taken a multipronged approach, documenting and providing analysis of the state of affairs; increasing our advocacy capacity at the state and local levels; and training a record number of journalists across the…

Since President Kais Saied’s consolidation of power in 2021, Tunisia’s press freedom landscape has narrowed sharply. A single piece of legislation—Decree-Law No. 2022-54 on combating “crimes related to information and communication systems”—has become the legal hammer used to silence critics, criminalize routine reporting, and imprison at least five journalists.  The release of lawyer and commentator…

Mexico City, December 19, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Guatemalan authorities to quickly and comprehensively complete its investigation into the killing of journalist Jorge Agustín Zapeta Aguilar, determine whether he was targeted for his work, and bring those responsible to justice. Zapeta, 56, was found dead on December 16 in a rural area…

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 22 press freedom and media partner organizations in a December 12 letter calling on Miami-Dade State Attorney Fernandez Rundle to drop charges against photojournalist Dave Decker. On December 16, all charges were dismissed. Decker was arrested on November 22 while covering a protest near the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Krome North…

The building that houses Moldova’s oldest investigative newspaper, Ziarul de Gardă, founded in 2004, is in a small courtyard near one of the busy thoroughfares in central Chișinău, the capital. Alina Radu, the award-winning newspaper’s director, is busy checking the latest issue that just came out in print. Ziarul de Gardă’s current burning topic has…

Update: Following the DHS’s decision to drop its proposal to deport the journalist to Uganda, CPJ calls on the agency to ensure that the journalist can stay in the U.S. while continuing the process of applying for asylum. Washington, D.C., December 18, 2025—The Trump administration’s plan to deport a Chinese citizen journalist — who fled…

Nairobi, December 18, 2025—On the first anniversary of the conviction of ailing Burundian journalist Sandra Muhoza, 127 African women journalists have written her a joint letter expressing solidarity, calling for her unconditional release, and decrying her imprisonment as robbing the public of “an important voice.” Muhoza is expected in court on December 19, a family…

Washington, D.C., December 17, 2025— The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against British public broadcaster, the BBC, and calls on the president to stop engaging the media in lawsuits that appear to challenge the fundamentals of the First Amendment. “The president’s lawsuits against the BBC and other news outlets undercut…

The Committee to Protect Journalists and 34 other human rights and press freedom organizations, in a joint letter on December 17, 2025, urged Yemeni authorities in Aden—including both the internationally recognized government led by the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) and the de facto Southern Transitional Council (STC)—to immediately and unconditionally release freelance journalist Naseh Shaker,…