Committee to Protect Journalists

Journalists are civilians under international humanitarian law.

Facilities and equipment utilized for reporting and disseminating news are also civilian structures.

They must be respected and protected.

Journalists are #NotATarget.

‘They want to break her’: A Q&A with jailed Tunisian commentator Sonia Dahmani’s sister - Committee to Protect Journalists Tunisian lawyer and commentator Sonia Dahmani, known for her bold defense of human rights and civil liberties, has become a symbol of the country’s escalating crackdown on dissent. Arrested in May…

CPJ awardee, Tunisian lawyer + commentator Sonia Dahmani has been sentenced in 3 cases under Decree 54 & faces 2 more, with potential sentences exceeding 20 years.

Her sister tells CPJ about Sonia’s harsh reality in prison and what the case reveals about Tunisia’s justice system⤵️

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Son of jailed Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu says espionage conviction ‘purely political’ - Committee to Protect Journalists Punishment of hard labor, censorship, and threats of demotion over more than three decades did not stop Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu from doing his work. It was lunch with a diplomat that finally…

Jailed Chinese journalist and CPJ awardee Dong Yuyu’s espionage conviction is “purely political,” his son told CPJ.

“The international community needs to remind the Chinese government that releasing my father does more good to China than keeping him imprisoned," Dong Yifu said.

BREAKING🚨 Journalist Mario Guevara has officially been deported Friday from the United States back to his native El Salvador. This is a shameful erosion of press freedom in the U.S. — the first time that CPJ has documented this type of retaliation related to reporting.
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Join us for Press Play Prague on October 7–11 at Kino Atlas. Discover documentaries, short films, and discussions tackling the challenges and impact of journalism today. Visit www.kinoatlaspraha.cz?tag=111 for the full program and tickets.

Journalist Mario Guevara to be deported from US in unprecedented case  - Committee to Protect Journalists Washington, D.C., October 2, 2025—In response to news that journalist Mario Guevara will be deported on Friday from the United States back to his native El Salvador, the Committee to Protect Journalis...

“Mario Guevara’s deportation is a troubling sign of the deteriorating freedom of the press under the Trump administration,” said CPJ U.S., Canada, and Caribbean Program Coordinator Katherine Jacobsen. “Make no mistake, this is not a simple immigration case."

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Congratulations to former CPJ #IPFA awardee @alsuk.bsky.social and her husband Pavel Butorin — both journalists with @rferl.org.web.brid.gy — for receiving the World Press Freedom Award from the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation🎉

📷: Pavel Butorin

Today marks seven years since the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a brutal act of transnational repression that laid bare the dangers journalists face worldwide. The failure to hold those responsible to account has entrenched a climate of impunity and abuses.

CPJ, Free Press express deep concern as Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation - Committee to Protect Journalists Washington, D.C., October 1, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press express deep concern that a United States Appeals Court rejected a motion for stay of removal in the case of Mario...

The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press express deep concern that a United States Appeals Court rejected a motion for stay of removal in the case of Mario Guevara, meaning that the journalist could now be deported back to his native El Salvador.

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Hunted, raped, starved: Sudan's journalists under siege in El-Fasher - Committee to Protect Journalists New York, October 1, 2025—In Sudan’s vast western region of Darfur, journalists in El-Fasher are trapped under siege, enduring violence, hunger, and relentless bombardment alongside the people whose l...

Despite famine and daily threats, El-Fasher’s journalists continue to report. Their message is clear: “Journalism here is not just a job, it is a duty, even if it costs us our lives,” Journalist Muammar Ibrahim told CPJ. cpj.org/2025/10/hunt...

Hunted, raped, starved: Sudan's journalists under siege in El-Fasher - Committee to Protect Journalists New York, October 1, 2025—In Sudan’s vast western region of Darfur, journalists in El-Fasher are trapped under siege, enduring violence, hunger, and relentless bombardment alongside the people whose l...

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces fighters storm homes, use informants to track journalists, and commit sexual violence to silence reporting.

“Hunger is an infidel,” one journalist said, describing how colleagues collapse from anemia after eating animal feed to survive. cpj.org/2025/10/hunt...

“I chose to stay so I can be the voice of my people who now have none. Journalism here is not just a job, it is a duty, even if it costs us our lives.” — Journalist Muammar Ibrahim in El-Fasher, Sudan

Journalists in Sudan’s El-Fasher are trapped under siege. They endure violence, hunger and relentless bombardment alongside the civilians they report on.

Read CPJ’s new investigation⤵️
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Our latest study finds that ethnic and Indigenous newsrooms are often on the frontlines in the fight against disinformation in the U.S. The report, produced with ASU and UMD, highlights strategies used by these media outlets across the country. Read the report: www.icfj.org/news/us-ethn...

Detention of Reporter Mario Guevara Sparks Outcry from Writers, Journalists, and Scholars Renowned writers and journalists sign on to a letter decrying the detention of journalist Mario Guevara who has been in ICE custody 100 days.

Today, CPJ, @penamerica.bsky.social, and @freepress.bsky.social published a letter signed by 100+ leading writers, journalists, and scholars urging the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to immediately release journalist Mario Guevara. pen.org/press-releas...

Today, CPJ joined @rsf.org to send a clear message to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr: Stop politicizing the agency and respect the First Amendment rights of media organizations to report the news without fear of retaliation. 🚨

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“CPJ is deeply alarmed by reports that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials in New York City have assaulted journalists simply for doing their jobs and covering matters of public importance." — Katherine Jacobsen, CPJ's U.S., Canada and Caribbean Program Coordinator

CPJ is grateful for #PressFreedom advocates @durbin.senate.gov, @schiff.senate.gov, Sen. Bill Cassidy, and @repmcgovern.bsky.social advocating for the release of political commentator and CPJ awardee Sonia Dahmani in a letter to Tunisian president Kais Saied. www.durbin.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

CPJ and partners urge key EU member states to suspend EU-Israel Association Agreement - Committee to Protect Journalists On September 30, 2025, CPJ and 16 partner organizations wrote to leaders in Germany, Italy, and the Czech Republic to call for a full or partial suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. The ...

CPJ and 16 partner organizations wrote to leaders in Germany, Italy, and the Czech Republic to call for a suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement — which sets out the EU’s legal and institutional framework for political dialogue and economic cooperation with Israel. cpj.org?p=525409

#USA: RSF and @pressfreedom.bsky.social teamed up today outside FCC headquarters — the broadcast regulator — to send a message to its chair Brendan Carr in response to his threats against the media, which resulted in comedian Jimmy Kimmel being taken off the air:

Take politics out of the FCC.

‘They want to break her’: A Q&A with jailed Tunisian commentator Sonia Dahmani’s sister - Committee to Protect Journalists Tunisian lawyer and commentator Sonia Dahmani, known for her bold defense of human rights and civil liberties, has become a symbol of the country’s escalating crackdown on dissent. Arrested in May 202...

NEW ⚡#Tunisia: @pressfreedom.bsky.social interview about the fate of Tunisian commentator Sonia Dahmani who faces five legal proceedings and potential decades behind bars. Dahmani will be honored with CPJ's Intl Press Freedom Award in November. #IPFA2025 #FreeThePress

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📣 The U.S. government can’t control media content. 📺

Today, CPJ and @rsf.org are on site in Washington D.C. ahead of the Federal Communications Commission open commission meeting to call on Chair Brendan Carr to take politics out of the FCC.

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An independent media is vital for democracy. Access to information enables all people to make decisions and hold the powerful to account.

A world without journalism is a world without truth.

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#JournalismMatters

Real journalism has a deep impact and real value. Join us in recognizing this on #WorldNewsDay: Show your support for independent, fact-based news – and share stories that have resonated with you this year.

#ChooseJournalism because #FactsMatter #WND2025

Journalists are civilians under international humanitarian law.

Facilities and equipment utilized for reporting and disseminating news are also civilian structures.

They must be respected and protected.

Journalists are #NotATarget.

Join us for Press Play Prague on October 7–11 at Kino Atlas. Discover documentaries, short films, and discussions tackling the challenges and impact of journalism today. Visit www.kinoatlaspraha.cz?tag=111 for the full program and tickets.

CPJ joins legal effort to support detained journalist Mario Guevara - Committee to Protect Journalists The Committee to Protect Journalists joined four press freedom groups—including Freedom of the Press Foundation, PEN America, and Reporters Without Borders—in an amicus brief supporting detained Spani...

Jailed journalist Mario Guevara’s 100+ day detention creates a “widespread and profound” chilling effect against free speech and journalistic practices, especially filming law enforcement activity. Journalism is not a crime, and Guevara must be released now.
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#FreeMario

CPJ joins legal effort to support detained journalist Mario Guevara - Committee to Protect Journalists The Committee to Protect Journalists joined four press freedom groups—including Freedom of the Press Foundation, PEN America, and Reporters Without Borders—in an amicus brief supporting detained Spani...

CPJ joined four press freedom groups in the legal effort to support Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara. He is the only journalist jailed for his work in the U.S. and faces imminent deportation, despite having legal status. We demand his immediate release. cpj.org/2025/09/cpj-...

#FreeMario

As Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu takes the stage at #UNGA80, Israel is engaging in the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that CPJ has ever documented. CPJ calls on the international community to hold Israel to account.

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