Committee to Protect Journalists
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Press freedom is your freedom 🗞️ The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes #pressfreedom worldwide. ➡️ Website: cpj.org ➡️ Subscribe to email lists: cpj.org/subscribe ➡️ Show your support: cpj.org/donate
📣 CPJ is #hiring a remote, part-time East Asia Researcher, with a preference for candidates based in Taipei, Taiwan. The position will support CPJ's Asia-Pacific team by researching press freedom issues across East Asia. Apply now: https://cpjorg.bamboohr.com/careers/104?source=aWQ9NDM%3D
At CPJ, we can’t predict what press freedom will look like ten, twenty, or thirty years from now. But from decades of doing this work, we know that we’re unlikely to exist in a world where powerful forces are not trying to silence voices of truth. cpj.org/make-press-f... 📷: Pixabay
Since Israel’s murder of Anas al-Sharif and five of his colleagues, Israeli attacks on journalists and media workers in Gaza and across the region have continued with impunity. CPJ renews its demand for justice for Israel’s ongoing flagrant disregard of International Humanitarian Law.
🏆 CPJ will honor journalists from Colombia, Eritrea, El Salvador, Hungary, Lebanon + Myanmar at the 36th annual International Press Freedom Awards in November. Carlos Dada, the Salvadoran journalist who co-founded El Faro in 1998, will receive the Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award. cpj.org?p=605324
Join our team! CPJ is #hiring a Deputy Director of People & Talent Operations to lead core processes across hiring, onboarding, performance management, training, and operational compliance. The position is hybrid-optional. Apply today: https://cpjorg.bamboohr.com/careers/105?source=aWQ9MjM%3D
Ten years ago, Burundian journalist Jean Bigirimana disappeared. His former colleague, Éloge Willy KanezaI, tells CPJ about the ongoing push for truth and justice. A decade without answers is a decade too long. Read more about Bigirimana’s case: https://cpj.org/data/people/jean-bigirimana/
“I am writing to defend the very principle of documentation itself," writes CPJ MENA Regional Director Sara Qudah, in an op-ed for @thenewarab.bsky.social. Read more⤵️ www.newarab.com/opinion/sett...
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. cpj.org/donate #JournalismMatters
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.
🏟️ Journalists: CPJ is here to ensure you stay safe while covering crowd events at the #WorldCup. Save this guidance for encountering crowd violence and police aggression, including violent dispersal tactics, detention, or arrest. More expert tips from CPJ👇 cpj.org/issue/world-...
Freelance journalist Queralt Castillo Cerezuela was barred from entering Israel to report. Read more ⤵️ cpj.org/2026/06/thes...
Israel revoked French freelance reporter Khadija Toufik’s travel authorization in January 2026. Like several other journalists interviewed by CPJ, she received only a brief notice citing “a change in circumstances.” Read more ⤵️ cpj.org/2026/06/thes...
CPJ has documented Israel’s growing clampdown on foreign journalists whose reporting is critical of the Israeli government. CPJ spoke with six journalists who reported they were barred entry from Israel and the West Bank. Read more ⤵️ cpj.org/2026/06/thes...
In her speech, CPJ CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social spoke about CPJ's long-standing campaign to #FreeJimmyLai, and reiterated this was part of a broader fight to defend the freedoms for which he was jailed. #BringHimHome now. cpj.org/tags/jimmy-l... 📷: DW
CPJ joins @deutschewelle.dw.com in Germany to honor British publisher Jimmy Lai with the DW Freedom of Speech Award. Lai's daughter, Claire, accepted the award on behalf of her father at the #GMF26, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence in Hong Kong. cpj.org/tags/jimmy-l... 📷: DW
The #WorldCup is here, but US Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdowns, AI surveillance, and restricted access threaten coverage of the Beautiful Game. FIFA and host governments must be held accountable. Read CPJ’s @gypsyrights.bsky.social's op-ed in @fortune.com👇 fortune.com/2026/06/23/c...
“Indonesian authorities must now reopen the investigation into Pasaribu’s murder and try any military personnel involved in a civilian court. Impunity for crimes against journalists has no place in a democracy like Indonesia,” said Beh Lih Yi, CPJ Regional Director. cpj.org/special-repo...
Ahead of the second anniversary of a deadly arson attack on Indonesian journalist Rico Sempurna Pasaribu and his family on June 27, a new investigation by CPJ and @freepressunlimited.bsky.social has uncovered major flaws in the murder case. cpj.org/special-repo...
“Israel is openly denying foreign journalists entry based on their past reporting, public statements and opinions,” said CPJ MENA Regional Director Sara Qudah. Read more⤵️ cpj.org/2026/06/thes...
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To mark #WorldRefugeeDay, CPJ is spotlighting journalists who have been forced to flee their home countries due to threats, conflict, or repression. Increasingly, journalists in exile reach out to CPJ for support because they remain at risk amid transnational repression. cpj.org?p=597069
CPJ is working to ensure that all journalists — accredited or not — can report on the #FIFAWorldCup freely and safely. We have compiled safety resources to help journalists minimize risks and protect themselves against potential threats while covering the games. More here👇 cpj.org/issue/world-...
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The lack of accountability in journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela’s case is indicative of a broader pattern of impunity for crimes against journalists in Ghana, often seen as one of the region’s most stable democracies with a high degree of media freedom. cpj.org/2023/07/you-...
Ghanaian investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela was murdered in January 2019 near his family home, after receiving threats for his reporting on corruption in Ghanaian soccer. No one has been held accountable. cpj.org/2025/11/no-j...
CPJ has documented six foreign journalists being denied entry by Israel. The following first hand accounts reveal a worrying truth: journalists’ reporting has become a central focus of border screenings and visa reviews in Israel. Read more ⤵️ cpj.org/2026/06/thes...
“Hungary is not an island in the middle of nowhere. We are a member state in the European Union.” Under Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule in #Hungary, independent journalists endured obstruction, harassment and demonization. CPJ spoke to three members of the press about their hopes for change.
⚽️As Algeria kicks off its first World Cup match, CPJ calls on Algerian authorities to release French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes. He was arrested in 2024 after an interview with a football club president — a clear indication of the government’s intolerance of press freedom. cpj.org?p=493998