Press Freedom Escalating Peril: CPJ Condemns Mounting Hostilities Against Journalists in the West Bank October 26, 2026 Evan Lee Salim BEIRUT — October 26, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has issued a stern condemnation following a series of aggressive actions by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against…
Press Freedom Digital Crackdowns: Civil Society Pressures EU to Plug Surveillance Export Loopholes October 26, 2026 Jia Lissa In a coordinated move to stem the tide of digital authoritarianism, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and a coalition of prominent human rights organizations have issued a formal demand…
Press Freedom Democracy in the Dark: Serbian Journalists Face Systematic Violence Ahead of High-Stakes Election October 25, 2026 Lina Hope BERLIN, October 23, 2026 — As Serbia approaches a pivotal parliamentary election on Sunday, October 25, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has issued an urgent plea to the Serbian…
Press Freedom Escalating Silence: The Trial of Lina Attalah and the Crisis of Press Freedom in Egypt October 24, 2026 Evan Lee Salim The landscape for independent journalism in Egypt has reached a precarious new low. On Friday, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), alongside an international coalition of media watchdogs and human…
Press Freedom Escalating Threats: The Transnational Campaign Against Exiled Iranian Journalist Mohammad Jorjandi October 20, 2026 Nana Wu MIAMI, October 19, 2026 — The digital walls are closing in on Mohammad Jorjandi. A renowned investigative journalist and cybersecurity expert who has spent the last decade peeling back the…
Press Freedom Press Freedom Under Siege: CPJ Denounces Pakistan’s Latest Media Crackdown Amid Security Crisis October 19, 2026 Nila Kartika Wati NEW YORK – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has issued a stern condemnation of the Pakistani government’s latest efforts to curtail independent media, calling for the immediate withdrawal of…
Press Freedom Press Freedom at a Crossroads: Rights Groups Call for Reform as Indonesia Marks Two Years of the Prabowo Administration October 15, 2026 Basiran JAKARTA, October 15, 2026 — As Indonesia approaches the second anniversary of the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the nation’s democratic health is under…
Press Freedom Brazil at a Crossroads: Press Freedom Groups Issue Urgent Warning Ahead of Presidential Runoff October 14, 2026 Dwi Wanna As Brazil approaches the decisive second round of its presidential election on October 25, a coalition of ten prominent international press freedom organizations, led by the Committee to Protect Journalists…
Press Freedom Escalating Hostility: South African Press Freedom Under Siege as Journalists Face Targeted Doxxing and Physical Assault October 10, 2026 Siti Muinah NEW YORK/JOHANNESBURG, October 9, 2026 — The safety of the press in South Africa has reached a critical inflection point as investigative reporters face a wave of coordinated digital intimidation…
Press Freedom Targeted Silence: The Assassination of Maya Journalist Evelio Lisandro López Sánchez and the Crisis of Press Freedom in Guatemala October 7, 2026 Reynand Wu MEXICO CITY, October 6, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has issued an urgent demand for a swift, transparent, and credible investigation into the cold-blooded murder of Evelio…
