Spyware has been used repeatedly against journalists and other members of civil society worldwide. New cases highlight risks of privacy and accountability.
More from @jonathanrozen.bsky.social, CPJ Africa Program Coordinator, for @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social ⤵️
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CPJ calls on Iranian authorities to release all jailed journalists without delay and to ensure the safety, humane treatment, and access to food, medical care, and communication for all detainees. Journalists must not be made to bear the consequences of the escalating conflict.
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“Journalists are being killed in record numbers at a time when access to information is more important than ever. We are all at risk when journalists are killed for reporting the news.” — CPJ CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social
Read CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549
NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.
By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social
Voices Silenced | CPJ commemorates the life of Fiston Wilondja Mazambi, a Congolese freelance reporter and photographer. His death highlights the risks of freelance reporting and covering sensitive topics.
Read CPJ's #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549
CPJ's new report details accounts of torture and abuse of Palestinian journalists in Israeli custody. “These journalists ... all offer separate testimonies that point to a clear pattern of systemic abuse,” CPJ CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social told @france24.com.
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“Nobody expected that it will last for four years”
Today marks 4 years since the start of #Russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine. Three journalists told CPJ about the work of journalists in Ukraine, how it has changed, and the challenges they now face.
Journalist killings reached a record high in 2025 — the deadliest year since CPJ began collecting data more than three decades ago. Israel was responsible for two in three of these killings, driving the total number to 129 killed last year.
Read CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549
New report: On February 19, 2026, CPJ will release a special report documenting the conditions Palestinian journalists report experiencing while in Israeli detention. The report draws on in-depth interviews from 59 Palestinian journalists released since October 7, 2023. cpj.org/2026/02/cpj-...
Corruption and murder of journalists. Transparency International. Corruption Perceptions Index 2025.
Since 2012, 150 journalists have been killed for reporting on corruption outside of war zones. Almost all of them died in countries with high levels of corruption.
Check out the full #CPI2025 results here: anticorru.pt/3gK
CPJ has nominated imprisoned Philippine journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio for @unesco.org’s 2026 Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, in recognition of her outstanding courage, commitment to journalism, and defense of press freedom in the face of adversity.
Read more: cpj.org/2026/02/cpj-...
CPJ Asia-Pacific Program Coordinator Kunal Majumder's op-ed in @euobserver.com breaks down why Bangladesh’s election this week is a key moment for EU leverage to protect journalists. Read more⤵️
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
SOON: Join CPJ CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social, New York Times columnist @polgreen.bsky.social + photographer John Abernathy for a flash briefing on press freedom in Minneapolis — including the arrest of journalists Don Lemon + Georgia Fort.
🗓️ 1/30 | 12pm
Register👇
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Journalists covering Minneapolis ICE operations and protests are at the center of the action. CPJ safety experts have compiled resources for journalists to help you stay safe and mitigate risks.👇
Asia is the region with the highest number of journalists behind bars in CPJ’s 2025 Prison Census, with 110 journalists accounting for one-third of the global total. cpj.org?p=553128
#JournalismIsNotACrime #PressFreedom
CPJ documented a total of 330 journalists behind bars globally in connection with their work on December 1, 2025. Five journalists who were released in recent years spoke with CPJ about the horror they experienced behind bars.
Learn more in CPJ’s #2025PrisonCensus: cpj.org?p=553128
In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
this isn't a pic of "a woman in 2026 yelling to protest against racist immigration raids", it's a woman screaming in shock and pain after ice agents violently dragged her out of her car, in which she tried to pass a protest on her way to an appointment with her doctor.
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
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“Our goal is simple: We want zero imprisoned journalists in Venezuela. We think no journalists should be behind bars for reporting the news.” — CPJ Américas Regional Director Jose Zamora speaks with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation about press freedom in Venezuela
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"CPJ condemns Israel’s decision to maintain a blanket ban on international media access to Gaza." — CPJ's MENA Regional Director Sara Qudah
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⤵️
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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-...
Gender — and restrictive gender roles — are core to authoritarian projects. Society uses concepts of gender to sort people. Data both reflects and imposes these social definitions.
Some notes from a speech about this last week: buttondown.com/stetdele/arc...
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.
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Trump admin officials are "trolling citizens and judges," @laurenleharper.bsky.social told @nytimes.com.
"It indicates that ICE continues to feel increasing impunity and that it has the right to behave as a secret police that’s exempt from accountability."
📥 Sen. Kelly: Read boat strike memo into Congressional Record
You can, and should, follow the historic lead of Sen. Mike Gravel, who in 1971 read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record.
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Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: American soldiers have long faced unlawful orders. They need courage and our support to resist. #ksleg
"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.
