CPJ Urges Bangladesh Government to Fulfill Press Freedom Pledge
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Bangladesh government to act on its commitment to uphold press freedom.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Bangladesh government to act on its commitment to uphold press freedom.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for a public progress update from the US Department of Justice regarding its investigation into the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by the Israeli military.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on Turkish authorities to cease the improper and excessive use of the country's disinformation law against journalists and demanded the release of local journalist Mehmet Yetim.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkish authorities to cease opposing the appeals of veteran journalists Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak following their recent convictions.

A record 129 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2025, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an American NGO, which attributes two-thirds of these deaths to the State of Israel.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported 129 journalists killed worldwide in 2025, with two-thirds of the cases linked to Israel and the Gaza conflict.

Russia has added the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an NGO advocating for press freedom, to its list of 'undesirable organizations,' making contact with them punishable by severe prison sentences.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the United States to finalize its investigation into the 2022 killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Abu Akleh died from Israeli soldier fire, and the CPJ seeks a full resolution to the inquiry.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has issued a call for the immediate release of an Addis Standard editor who was reportedly seized by unidentified individuals.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has flagged a risk of self-censorship in Pakistan following Law Minister Azam Tarar's warning on foreign policy discussions, urging authorities to clarify that legal threats won't silence critical reporting.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and 17 other press freedom and human rights organizations have urged Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to uphold constitutional and international obligations regarding media freedom in Pakistan.

A report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) states that Israel is responsible for two-thirds of media worker deaths in 2025, while India loses at least one journalist to work-related killings annually.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has voiced concern over the FBI's 'lack of concrete progress' in its investigation into the killing of a journalist, calling it a failure by the US government.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has issued a call for the release of a German journalist who has gone missing in Syria.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has launched a petition demanding the immediate and unconditional release of Kuwaiti-American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who has not been seen since March 2.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for the release of imprisoned female journalists.
A news report from The Daily Star Bangladesh mentions the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Israeli prison service and IDF reject allegations after research by Committee to Protect Journalists Almost 60 Palestinian journalists detained in Israeli prisons since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack have been beaten, starved and subjected to sexual violence, including rape, a report alleges. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reviewed dozens of testimonies, photographs and medical records documenting what it describes as serious abuses by Israeli soldiers and prison guards against Palestinian reporters. The report draws on in-depth interviews from 59 Palestinian journalists. Of those interviewed, 58 reported being subjected to what they described as torture while in Israeli custody. Continue reading...