Since President Kais Saied’s consolidation of power in 2021, Tunisia’s #pressfreedom landscape has narrowed sharply. Find out how Decree-Law No. 2022-54 has been powering Tunisia’s crackdown on the press 👇 cpj.org?p=548008

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.

"We have always known that my father was being prosecuted solely for his courageous journalism and unwavering commitment to democracy," Sebastien Lai, Jimmy Lai's son. #FreeJimmyLai

AFP video journalist Dylan Collins was wounded in a targeted Israeli attack that killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdalla and injured five other journalists. More than two years on, Collins is still seeking accountability.

The Trump admin’s plan to deport a Chinese citizen journalist—who fled his country in fear of retaliation for coverage of Uyghur detention camps—is a critical blow to US’s reputation as a haven for asylum-seekers that will cast the country as a conduit of transnational repression. cpj.org?p=547496

127 African women journalists have written to detained #Burundi-an journalist Sandra Muhoza, expressing solidarity, calling for her unconditional release, and decrying her imprisonment as robbing the public of “an important voice.” Read the full letter 👇 cpj.org?p=547770

CPJ and 34 other organizations, in a joint letter urged Yemeni authorities in Aden — including both the Presidential Leadership Council and the de facto Southern Transitional Council — to immediately release journalist Naseh Shaker. cpj.org/2025/12/cpj-...

CPJ is deeply alarmed by the harrowing public testimony given on Sunday by Palestinian freelance journalist Sami al-Sai, who described experiencing alleged torture and sexual violence while in Israeli prison. Read more⤵️ cpj.org/2025/12/pale...

The U.S. government must hold Israel accountable for the Oct. 13 2023 double tap strike in Lebanon that killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and wounded six others, including U.S. citizen Dylan Collins of AFP. Washington must send a clear message: Israel can not target journalists with impunity.

Join our team! CPJ is #hiring a Media and Communications Consultant. This remote role will run for three months, requiring approximately 40 hours per week, with the possibility of extension. GMT or CEST time zones preferred. 🗓️ Deadline is Dec. 26, 2025. Apply: cpjorg.bamboohr.com/careers/92

Grateful for #PressFreedom advocate Javier Bardem, who joined CPJ’s call for independent international media access to Gaza and justice for journalists murdered in Gaza and across the world, while accepting the Global Citizen of the Year award at the 2025 UN Correspondents Association Awards.

Human rights groups + media advocacy organizations have slammed Jimmy Lai’s conviction as a miscarriage of justice. “Lai’s only crime is running a newspaper and defending democracy,” said Beh Lih Yi, CPJ’s Asia-Pacific Regional Director. More in @aljazeera.com ⤵️ www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

“Getting back in the field, it’s been terrifying because you don’t know what’s safe anymore. You don’t know when you could become a target,” Dylan Collins, an AFP video journalist who was targeted in an Israeli strike on a group of journalists in Oct. 2023, told AFP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH6P...

CPJ condemns a Hong Kong court’s conviction of Jimmy Lai, founder of the defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, in a landmark national security trial. Authorities must immediately free the 78-year-old British national. #PressFreedom #JournalismIsNotACrime #FreeThePress cpj.org/2025/12/cpj-...

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

“This Israeli impunity continues because of Washington’s silence.” — Sen. Bernie Sanders, @sanders.senate.gov The U.S failing to respond when its own citizen is deliberately targeted sends a dangerous message that attacks on American journalists abroad will carry no consequences. cpj.org?p=546370

Israel has killed 249 journalists in the last 2 years. That's more than were killed in WWII & the Vietnam War put together. A Vermonter, Dylan Collins, was wounded in one of these attacks, which killed another reporter. This war against journalists must be investigated & ended.

U.S. lawmakers are urging action over Israel’s pattern of attacks on journalists with impunity, including the 2023 double-tap attack that killed Reuters video reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon. Read more in @aljazeera.com ⤵️ www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

🚨 Ahead of Monday’s expected verdict in the national security trial of #JimmyLai, founder of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, CPJ calls on Hong Kong authorities to drop all charges against the 78-year-old publisher and release him immediately and unconditionally. cpj.org?p=546492

CPJ is grateful to @welch.senate.gov for organizing today’s press conference demanding accountability for Israel’s systematic targeting of the press, and to Sen. @vanhollen.senate.gov and Rep. @balint.house.gov for joining in solidarity. More⤵️ cpj.org?p=546370 Watch⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFp_...

Thank you #PressFreedom advocate Sen. @sanders.senate.gov for standing in solidarity with Dylan Collins, who was wounded in the Oct. 13, 2023 targeted double-tap Israeli strike on a group of journalists in Lebanon. U.S. authorities must promptly open a war crimes investigation into the attack.

US Senator @welch.senate.gov revealed Israel has closed its review into its military’s Oct. 13, 2023, targeted double-tap strike on journalists in Lebanon, at a press conference today with Sen. @vanhollen.senate.gov, and Rep. @balint.house.gov. Read more: cpj.org?p=546370

LIVE NOW 🔴 CPJ and @amnesty.org USA are at the U.S. Capitol with U.S. Sens. @welch.senate.gov, @vanhollen.senate.gov, and Rep. @balint.house.gov, demanding accountability for Israel’s systematic targeting of the press since October 7, 2023. Watch here⤵️ x.com/i/broadcasts...

Watch LIVE 🔴 CPJ and @amnesty.org USA join U.S. Sens. @welch.senate.gov, @vanhollen.senate.gov, and Rep. @balint.house.gov at the U.S. Capitol to demand accountability for Israel’s systematic targeting of the press since October 7, 2023. Tune in at 9am ET👉 www.youtube.com/live/-wRGTQp...

Israel has barred international media from Gaza since Oct. 2023, despite a longstanding petition seeking access to the territory. On Sunday, the Israeli Supreme Court gave the government an extension in responding to the petition for the 9th time since the case was filed. tinyurl.com/3ec77m84

The number of journalists and media workers killed worldwide in 2025 has already reached 2024’s record of 126 killed, with more than three weeks left in the year, CPJ data shows. Israel has killed the highest number of journalists, including in Gaza, Iran, and Yemen. cpj.org/2025/12/pres...

Freedom of the press and expression are under attack in the US amid President Donald Trump’s second term. This International #HumanRightsDay, CPJ upholds our commitment to protecting journalists in the US + across the globe. Learn more about our US advocacy: cpj.org/issue/press-... 📷: AFP

CPJ has written to heads of government across Asia ahead of International #HumanRightsDay on December 10, urging them to immediately free reporters imprisoned for their work. cpj.org/2025/12/huma... #PressFreedom #JournalismIsNotACrime #FreeThePress

Attn US-based media 📣 Join CPJ + @amnesty.org USA for a 12/11 press conference demanding the U.S. government to hold Israel accountable for the October 13, 2023 Israeli attack that killed Issam Abdallah and injured 6 journalists in southern Lebanon. RSVP👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today is the most dangerous time to be a journalist in CPJ’s history. On International #HumanRightsDay, we reaffirm that freedom of expression is the foundation for all other human rights, and must be protected. #PressFreedom

Jimmy Lai just spent his 78th birthday behind bars, and we’re grateful to @raskin.house.gov for continuing to advocate for his freedom. China must stop treating journalism as a threat and drop all charges against Lai. #FreeJimmyLai

Israel has killed, injured, and imprisoned countless journalists by systematically targeting the press. Join @pressfreedom.bsky.social, @amnesty.org, and lawmakers to demand accountability. 🗓️ Dec. 11, 9 a.m. EST 🕒 U.S. Capitol Grounds, Senate Swamp RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

CPJ + @amnesty.org USA press conference 📣 New findings on the Israeli probe into the Oct. 13, 2023 targeted attack that killed Issam Abdallah and injured 6 other journalists in south Lebanon. RSVP to join in person or virtually on 12/11👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📷: Reuters/Thaer Al-Sudani

On July 5, 2025, Gustavo Chicangana Álvarez, news director of Caracol Radio Guaviare, and his wife were confronted by a man with a revolver when leaving their house in Columbia. The attempted murder has stirred both fear and defiance in the country. cpj.org/2025/12/the-...

One year after the toppling of Bashar al-Assad, whose family ruled Syria through iron and fire for five decades, journalists say they enjoy more freedom than ever but also uncertainty in the face of conflict as they wait for the introduction of new media laws. Read more👇 cpj.org/2025/12/a-ye...

Publisher Jimmy Lai is spending his 5th birthday in prison, as his worsening health and treatment behind bars have raised serious concerns that the 78-year-old may die in prison. CPJ urgently calls on the government to drop all charges against Lai and release him immediately. 📷: AP/Louise Delmotte

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TOMORROW 🎬 CPJ is proud to support the documentary "#ArmedOnlyWithACamera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud." Join us for a London screening and Q&A with the filmmakers. 🗓️ Frontline Club | Dec. 8 | 7-8:30 PM GMT Register👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/screening-...

Alessandra Sampaio, the widow of murdered climate journalist Dom Phillips, is helping prepare a new generation of Indigenous journalists to continue their fight to defend the rainforest and report the truth. Read more👇

Israel has barred international media from entering Gaza since October 2023. Foreign press has only been able to enter through infrequent military escorts, on carefully staged itineraries planned by the army. CPJ spoke to 3 journalists who were taken on these visits. cpj.org?p=542749

"What we witnessed in Gaza reflects a sustained, widespread, and systematic pattern of silencing journalists." At #ARIJ25, CPJ Journalist Assistance Manager Ignacio Miguel Delgado Culebras joined CPJ Advocacy Director Amelia Evans and Regional Director Sara Qudah to speak about Israel's impunity.

SOON: Join us for the #ARIJ25 session: “Deadly Silence: Is Israel’s Impunity Inevitable?” 🎤 Featuring CPJ’s Journalist Assistance Manager Ignacio Miguel Delgado Culebras, Advocacy Director Amelia Evans, and MENA Regional Director Sara Qudah. 📅 12/5 | 4:30-5:30 (GMT +3) arij25.arij.net/en.html

Want the latest news and views in #PressFreedom and #JournalistSafety from around the world, delivered straight to your inbox?📥 Subscribe to CPJ’s weekly newsletter, The Torch: cpj.org/thetorch/

CPJ and @amnesty.org USA join U.S. Senators @welch.senate.gov and @vanhollen.senate.gov, and U.S. Rep. @balint.house.gov to demand accountability for Israel’s systematic targeting of the press since Oct. 7, 2023. 🗓️ U.S. Capitol Grounds, Senate Swamp | 12/11 | 9AM RSVP⤵️ cpj.org/2025/12/memb...

TOMORROW: Join us in Washington D.C. 🎬 CPJ is proud to support "#ArmedOnlyWithACamera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud” with a screening and panel discussion featuring CPJ’s U.S. Advocacy Representative @zerdeh.bsky.social, at the Georgetown University Film Festival. 🗓️ Dec. 5 | 11AM ET

➡️ @pressfreedom.bsky.social spoke to three journalists who were taken on Israeli military-escorted visits to Gaza since the October 2025 ceasefire. They all said they couldn’t speak to civilians. “This was not journalistic work — it was theater.”

Journalists working in the United States are facing extraordinary and intensifying pressures amid President Donald Trump’s second term. Learn more about the Trump administration's attacks on press freedom, and how CPJ is working to protect journalists in the US👇 cpj.org/issue/press-...

Israel has barred international media from entering Gaza since October 2023. Foreign press has only been able to enter through infrequent military escorts, on carefully staged itineraries planned by the army. CPJ spoke to 3 journalists who were taken on these visits. cpj.org?p=542749

Join us for the #ARIJ25 session: “Deadly Silence: Is Israel’s Impunity Inevitable?” 🎤 Featuring CPJ’s Journalist Assistance Manager Ignacio Miguel Delgado Culebras, Advocacy Director Amelia Evans, and MENA Regional Director Sara Qudah. 📅 12/5 | 4:30-5:30 (GMT +3) Register: arij25.arij.net/en.html

Join us in Washington D.C. 🎬 CPJ is proud to support "#ArmedOnlyWithACamera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud” with a screening and panel discussion featuring CPJ’s U.S. Advocacy Representative @zerdeh.bsky.social, at the Georgetown University Film Festival. 🗓️ Dec. 5 | 11AM ET