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CPJ, partners file amicus brief to project encryption from Pegasus spyware - Committee to Protect Journalists
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (166+ words) May 22, 2026 3: 13 PM EDT The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 10 other civil society organizations in filing an amicus brief in the U. S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday calling for the safeguarding of encryption from NSO Group's Pegasus spyware to prevent…...
Peruvian journalists face threats, death amid country's democratic backsliding - Committee to Protect Journalists
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (1312+ words) By John Otis/CPJ Andean Representative and Cristina'Zahar on May 22, 2026 1: 59 PM EDT Peruvian journalist Geraldine Santos is only 30 years old, and she is already preparing for her funeral. Santos says she has received so many threats while reporting on cocaine…...
Sudanese authorities jail journalist Rishan Oshi over corruption reporting - Committee to Protect Journalists
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (231+ words) May 22, 2026 9: 39 AM EDT New York, May 22, 2026 Sudanese authorities must immediately release journalist Rashan Oshi and stop using imprisonment to silence reporting on corruption and other matters of public interest, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. On May 18, 2026, authorities arrested…...
Bolivian journalists injured, harassed by anti-government protesters - Committee to Protect Journalists
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (184+ words) May 21, 2026 5: 24 PM EDT On Monday, Machicado was injured in the legs by shrapnel from dynamite detonated by'protesters'in the capital La Paz who are demanding the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz.'Machicado'was evacuated on a stretcher to a hospital where he…...
CPJ urges heightened awareness for journalists traveling to US for FIFA World Cup - Committee to Protect Journalists
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (370+ words) May 21, 2026 1: 27 PM EDT May 21, 2026, New York, NY " The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has advised journalists traveling throughout the United States for the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup may face questioning or hostility from immigration officials at the border or around…...
CPJ calls for humane treatment, release of press detained aboard Gaza-bound flotilla - Committee to Protect Journalists
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (380+ words) May 21, 2026 9: 20 AM EDT Beirut, May 21, 2026 " The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply alarmed by the video showing Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, taunting those detained aboard the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla at Ashdod Port in Israel, which included at…...
CPJ, partners call on incoming Guatemalan attorney general to end persecution of journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (188+ words) CPJ, partners call on incoming Guatemalan attorney general to end persecution of journalists Committee to Protect Journalists - Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email In a joint letter led by the Committee to Protect Journalists, eight…...
CPJ, RSF warn Iran using 83-day blackout to hide press crackdown - Committee to Protect Journalists
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (209+ words) CPJ, RSF warn Iran using 83-day blackout to hide press crackdown Committee to Protect Journalists - Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) are warning that…...
Journalist Yelis Ayaz arrested in Turkey for "spreading disinformation" - Committee to Protect Journalists
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (325+ words) May 20, 2026 1: 11 PM EDT Istanbul, May 20, 2026 Turkish authorities must release journalist Yelis Ayaz without delay and stop punishing journalists for doing their jobs, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. Ayaz, publisher and editor-in-chief for the local newspaper Ayd'npost in the…...
CPJ calls on Israel to release press detained on Gaza-bound flotilla - Committee to Protect Journalists
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (150+ words) May 19, 2026 11: 40 AM EDT Beirut, May 19, 2026 "The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Israeli authorities to immediately release all journalists and media workers detained after Israeli forces intercepted vessels from the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, and to disclose the location and…...