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Journalists in a press room watch Mikheil Kavelashvili, Georgia's newly elected president and leader of the Georgian Dream party, take the oath of office during his swearing-in ceremony at the parliament building in Tbilisi, on December 29, 2024. (Photo: AFP/Shlamov)

Georgia media face fewer ‘ways to survive’ amid foreign funding crackdown

New York, May 30, 2025—A punishing spate of laws targeting foreign-funded media will dramatically curb Georgia’s independent voices and force many news outlets to shutter or shift their business operations, say Georgian journalists and press freedom advocates. Georgia’s populist ruling Georgian Dream party has pushed through its new Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)—called an “exact copy” of the U.S. Foreign…

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Ziyagul Bolot kyzy, Aleksandr Aleksandrov, Aidai Erkebayeva and Zara Sadygalieva are among eight former and current Kloop staffers arrested and interrogated by Kyrgyz authorities about their work. (Screenshot: Азаттык /YouTube)

Kyrgyz authorities raid homes, offices of Kloop news staff, arrest 8

New York, May 30, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Kyrgyz authorities to end the legal persecution of eight former and current Kloop news website staffers arrested this week—including journalists Aleksandr Aleksandrov and Joomart Duulatov, who on Friday were remanded into pretrial detention until July 21 on charges of calling for mass unrest. “Following Kloop’s forced shutdown last…

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(Photo: Courtesy of Samy Kambere Malikidogo)

DRC journalist shot by police officer while covering insecurity protest

Kinshasa, May 27, 2025—Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo must identify and hold to account the police officer who shot journalist Samy Kambere Malikidogo while covering a public demonstration against crime and violence in Durba, in the northeastern province of Haut-Uélé, said the Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday. “DRC authorities must swiftly,…

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Honduras' Minister of Security Gustavo Sanchez Minister of Defence Jose Manuel Zelaya speaks during a press conference next to Honduras' Minister of Security Gustavo Sanchez, Police Chief Juan Manuel Godoy and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Roosevelt Leonel Hernandez Aguilar in Tegucigalpa, Honduras August 30, 2024. (Photo: Reuters/Stringer)

Honduran journalist Frank Mejía files complaint alleging police abuse during in-home detention

Mexico City, May 27, 2025—Honduran authorities should conduct a prompt, thorough, and transparent investigation into the arbitrary detention, accounts of physical abuse and threats against journalist Frank Mejía, and ensure those responsible are held to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. In the early hours of Sunday, May 18, police officers raided Mejía’s home…

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Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson Selina Cheng said the audits contained errors and were “unreasonable.” (Photo: AP Photo/Kanis Leung)

Tax audits target Hong Kong journalists, news outlets as press freedom concerns intensify

New York, May 22, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply alarmed by multiple reports of “unreasonable” tax audits targeting at least six Hong Kong independent media outlets and around 20 journalists and their families, and calls on the Hong Kong government to end its weaponization of financial and tax measures against the press. The Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP),…

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Ahmad Noorani

Pakistani journalist’s YouTube channel blocked, under investigation in drive against exiled media

New York, May 16, 2025—Pakistani authorities must immediately restore access to exiled investigative journalist Ahmad Noorani’s YouTube channel in Pakistan and stop law enforcement agencies harassing him and his family, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. “Blocking journalist Ahmad Noorani’s YouTube channel and filing a criminal case against him is indicative of Pakistan’s relentless…

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Anisa Abdiaziz Hussein, Abdullahi Abdulqadir Ahmed, and Abdirizak Abdullahi Adan

‘Alarming escalation’: At least 41 journalists targeted since March in Somalia

Kampala, Uganda, May 15, 2025 – Somali security personnel have arrested, assaulted, or harassed at least 41 private-media journalists since mid-March, in what local press rights groups have called a “painful experience” and an “alarming escalation” in attacks on the media. Most of these press freedom violations were connected to coverage of national security issues,…

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A Palestinian youth takes pictures with his phone during an anti-Hamas protest, calling for an end to the war with Israel, in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza on March 26, 2025.

Gaza journalists speak out about Hamas intimidation, threats, assaults

New York, May 15, 2025—When Gazan journalist Tawfiq Abu Jarad received a phone call from a Hamas security agent warning him not to cover a protest, he readily complied, having been assaulted by Hamas-affiliated forces once before.     The April 27 women’s anti-war demonstration in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahia was small but significant — one of…

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Ayşemden Akın

Turkish Cypriot journalist threatened, source murdered after reporting on alleged government corruption

Istanbul, May 8, 2025—Authorities in Turkish occupied Northern Cyprus must do everything in their power to ensure the safety of chief editor Ayşemden Akın, who was threatened after her Turkish news site Bugün Kıbrıs published her three-part investigation into alleged government corruption, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. Akın said she received a threatening phone call a…

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El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during a ceremony at the airport in San Luis Talpa on October 19. Bukele proposed a new law that would require journalists and media outlets who receive international funds to register as "foreign agents." (Reuters/Jose Cabezas)

7 Salvadorian journalists face charges after report on president’s alleged gang ties

Mexico City, May 7, 2025—Salvadoran authorities should drop all criminal proceedings against journalists with El Faro, after the independent news site published video interviews with two gang leaders about their alleged years-long relationship with President Nayib Bukele, said the Committee to Protect Journalists Wednesday. “Treating journalism as a criminal act deprives Salvadorans of essential information,” said Cristina Zahar, CPJ’s Latin America…

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