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CPJ warns Bloomberg defamation ruling could chill reporting in Singapore

CPJ 15 Jul 2026
“We are alarmed by Tuesday’s court decision, which will chill public interest reporting,” said CPJ’s Asia-Pacific Director Beh Lih Yi ... K. Shanmugam and Tan See Leng did not immediately reply to CPJ’s emailed request for comment ....
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CPJ demands answers over reported jailing of Jordanian sports journalist

CPJ 14 Jul 2026
“When cases involving journalists are shrouded in secrecy, public confidence in judicial institutions and professional accountability mechanisms is weakened,” said CPJ’s Levant Program Coordinator Joud Hasan.
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Moroccan authorities arrest journalist Ali Lmrabet over alleged false information

CPJ 14 Jul 2026
“After years of judicial harassment that forced veteran journalist Ali Lmrabet to build his life and career outside Morocco, authorities detained him the moment he returned to the country,” said CPJ Regional Director Sara Qudah.
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Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder: Landmark trial puts Malta’s press freedom back in spotlight

CPJ 14 Jul 2026
you cannot silence journalism through violence,” said Tom Gibson, CPJ’s deputy advocacy director, EU ... In October 2025, CPJ and other press freedom groups called on Malta to set up a national ...
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CPJ calls for accountability from Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche over DOJ press freedom violations

CPJ 13 Jul 2026
“The Justice Department has weaponized its authorities to silence journalists for reporting on the administration,” said José Zamora, CPJ’s regional director for the Americas ... CPJ has endorsed the ...
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CPJ condemns Trump DOJ’s subpoena of NYT journalists

CPJ 11 Jul 2026
This year the Justice Department issued, and later withdrew, subpoenas that sought to compel reporters at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal to testify before a grand jury, according to CPJ.
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Egypt: Ahead of Appeal Ruling, CPJ and Partners Call On Egypt to Release Ahmed Douma

All Africa 10 Jul 2026
In a joint statement, the Committee to Protect Journalists joined several press freedom and human rights organizations on Thursday, urging Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release political writer Ahmed Douma ....
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3 Nigerian journalists harassed with detention, summons, punitive bail conditions

CPJ 10 Jul 2026
It is also utterly punitive for Stanley Ugagbe to spend hours, every other day, needlessly reporting to the police,” said CPJ Africa Director Angela Quintal ... Oliver told CPJ that he was being targeted for his investigative reporting.
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Mexican environmental journalist Alex Serna found dead in Zihuatanejo

CPJ 10 Jul 2026
... as the most dangerous country for the press in the western hemisphere”, said Jan-Albert Hootsen, CPJ’s Mexico Representative ... Several phone calls by CPJ to Tapia’s office for comment were not answered.
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CPJ, partners condemn multiple journalist arrests in Turkey, demand their release

CPJ 09 Jul 2026
“The targeting of critical journalists also cannot be viewed in isolation,” the statement said, asking for their immediate release ... ....
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Ahead of appeal ruling, CPJ and partners call on Egypt to release Ahmed Douma

CPJ 09 Jul 2026
In a joint statement, the Committee to Protect Journalists joined several press freedom and human rights organizations on Thursday, urging Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release political writer Ahmed Douma ... ....
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Algerian authorities arrest journalist Mourad At-Mimou over social media posts

CPJ 09 Jul 2026
Authorities also seized At-Mimou’s phones and transferred them to Algeria’s Central Service for Combating Cybercrime, the journalist told CPJ ... online expression,” said CPJ Regional Director Sara Qudah.
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Ukrainian court blocks publication of investigative report

CPJ 09 Jul 2026
The investigation was scheduled to be published the week of July 13, Slidstvo.Info founder and editor Anna Babinets told CPJ ... Babinets told CPJ that this was the first time a court has blocked an as-yet unpublished piece of journalism in Ukraine.
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Kenya: Kenya Journalist Escapes Abduction After Criticism of President, Says CPJ

All Africa 08 Jul 2026
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for an investigation into the attempted kidnapping of a senior journalist in Kenya, which followed angry criticism of his newspaper by President William Ruto ....
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CPJ supports former Fox News journalist’s refusal to reveal reporting sources

CPJ 08 Jul 2026
District Court for the District of Columbia’s decision to hold Catherine Herridge in contempt for protecting confidential sources undermines a core principle of press freedom,” said Jose Zamora, CPJ’s regional director for the Americas.

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