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This photo, taken on March 18, 2025, shows the headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in Prague, Czech Republic. U.S. President Donald Trump's administration put journalists at several U.S.-funded broadcasters, including RFE/RL, on leave on March 15, 2025, as it froze funding to them. (Photo: AFP/Michal Cizek)

CPJ supports legal efforts to protect RFE/RL, VOA after Trump executive order

New York, April 2, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) filed three amicus briefs on Friday, March 28, responding to the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and freeze congressionally-appropriated funds to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and Voice…

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10 international organizations submit amicus brief in case of imprisoned Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín

March 28, 2025 – A group of 10 international organizations submitted an amicus curiae brief to Guatemala’s Supreme Court in the case of journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín. The brief, filed on March 26, argues that Zamora’s return to preventive detention constitutes a violation of his fundamental rights under Guatemalan and international law, and urges…

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President Donald Trump arrives in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday, March 14, 2025, the day he signed an executive order that aims to dismantle the agency funding Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. (Photo: AP Manuel Balce Ceneta)

CPJ seeks to join legal effort in defense of AP’s access to the White House

New York, March 27, 2025 — Following the White House’s decision to ban Associated Press (AP) reporters from covering White House media events, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has sought to join the amicus brief filed by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) outlining how the Trump administration’s decision violates the…

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Palestinians hold the body of journalist Hossam Shabat, who was killed by an Israeli strike, according to medics, in the northern Gaza Strip, on March 24, 2025.

CPJ denounces Israel’s killing of 2 more Gaza journalists in return to war

Beirut, March 24, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Monday’s killing in Gaza of Palestinian reporters Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansour by the Israel Defense Forces and calls for an independent international investigation into whether they were deliberately targeted. On March 24, deadly Israeli strikes hit the car of Qatari-based Al Jazeera Mubasher’s Shabat near…

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Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh, in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2025.

CPJ, partners condemn spate of attacks on journalists in Bangladesh 

The Committee to Protect Journalists on March 21 joined eight other civil society organizations in expressing alarm over violence against the media and human rights defenders in Bangladesh, with at least 17 journalists attacked in February. An interim government took power in Bangladesh following the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August. The…

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President Donald Trump is seen leaving Trump International Golf Club on March 15, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. CPJ has called on congressional leaders to support the agency funding Voice of America and Radio Free outlets after Trump signed an executive order on March 14 that decimated those groups. (Photo: AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘Reward to dictators’: CPJ stands with thousands of journalists harmed by Trump’s dismantling of VOA, Radio Free outlets

The Committee to Protect Journalists stands in support of thousands of journalists and millions of citizens around the world impacted by President Donald Trump’s dismantling Voice of America’s (VOA) staff and termination of funding to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and Radio Free Asia (RFA). CPJ condemns a Trump executive order issued Friday that resulted…

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CPJ calls for release of José Rubén Zamora after Guatemala judge orders the journalist back to jail

The Committee to Protect Journalists denounces Monday’s court ruling to revoke the house arrest of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora and send him back to prison. “The decision to return journalist José Rubén Zamora to prison is a blatant act of judicial persecution. This case represents a dangerous escalation in the repression of independent journalism,”…

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt takes a question during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C on February 25, 2025. (Photo: Reuters/Brian Snyder)

CPJ, SPJ, journalist groups call on Trump administration to restore AP access to White House  

We, the undersigned coalition of journalism and press freedom organizations, express our deep concern regarding the White House’s decision to bar Associated Press (AP) reporters from access to the Oval Office, Air Force One and other White House pool events. AP provides essential reporting that is published by thousands of outlets across the United States…

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CPJ denounces Trump administration’s actions against AP, other retaliation against media

Washington, D.C., February 14, 2025–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the White House decision to block The Associated Press (AP) from covering official events after AP’s decision to refer to the Gulf of Mexico by its internationally known name, calling the action the latest in an alarming pattern of retaliation against a free press in…

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Deadliest year on record for journalists; 70% killed by Israel

Journalist killings reached unprecedented toll in 2024  Freelancers account for one in three killings worldwide New York, February 12, 2025 — A record number of journalists were killed worldwide in 2024, figures published today by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) show. Israel is responsible for nearly 70 percent of that total. At least 124…

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