CPJ is grateful to honor every journalist who has been killed since CPJ began keeping records 3+ decades ago, with the Memorial Gallery at Syracuse University. Since the memorial’s opening, our hearts are full to see the loved ones of journalists on the wall who have been able to

Tunisia’s press freedom landscape has narrowed sharply since President Kais Saied’s consolidation of power in 2021. A single piece of legislation, Decree-Law 54, has become the legal hammer used to silence critics, criminalize routine reporting, and imprison at least 5

#Israel: CPJ condemns Israel’s decision to maintain a blanket ban on international media access to Gaza. This sweeping restriction, justified by broad, unfounded security claims, is a serious violation of press freedom and appears designed to systematically shield events from

.@collinsdyl, an American journalist who was wounded in an Israeli tank strike in Lebanon in October 2023, is pressing the U.S. government to investigate the incident as a targeted attack. “Five international organizations, including a UN body, have all concluded that Israel was

Journalists are civilians under international humanitarian law. Facilities and equipment utilized for reporting and disseminating news are also civilian structures. They must be respected and protected. Journalists are #NotATarget.

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CPJ is grateful for the work of the Renaud Brothers documentary, "#ArmedOnlyWithACamera.” We were honored to join the panel discussion featuring CPJ’s U.S. Advocacy Representative Loghman Fattahi, at the Georgetown University Film Festival in December. https://t.co/oD4q8kDRNl

As we begin 2026, CPJ continues to defend the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. Join us. #JournalismIsNotACrime

As we look back at 2025, CPJ holds deep gratitude and honors the courageous Palestinian journalists reporting from Gaza. Despite Israeli targeting, they continue to report and bring the world vital coverage from the Strip. https://t.co/WKIEAtwHlW #2025Highlights

CPJ is proud to have advocated for justice in cases of impunity this year. We are overhauling our own approach to impunity by prioritizing new efforts to pursue accountability as we continue to seek justice for journalists whose lives have been taken. #2025Highlights #EndImpunity

As our team reflects on what we are grateful for in 2025, we want to thank our press freedom advocates. If you haven’t yet had a chance to support our mission, we hope you’ll lend us a hand to defend press freedom: https://t.co/W5KlKOmkgP

“The regime considers the press to be its last enemy” in post-election Cameroon. After October’s contested election, @moussangomm reports on why journalists are not convinced by President Paul Biya’s promise of reform after four decades of repression. https://t.co/xX09VTrijR

As we reflect on 2025, CPJ is grateful for all the dedicated lawyers who defend journalists worldwide. One such lawyer is Ian Mutiso, representing four Kenyan filmmakers against allegations of publishing false information. Watch him in court: https://t.co/YhVpszAkVM

A new analysis by @CPJAfrica's @muthokimumo describes a "suffocating climate of fear" in the Tanzanian media community, amid a brutal state crackdown that followed the country's October 29 elections.

As a journalistic community we must craft and replicate a playbook to stand up together. In 2025, CPJ led a solidarity action at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Malaysia, calling on governments around the world to end impunity for those who attack the press.

In 2025, CPJ celebrated the journalists released from unjust custody. We continue to advocate for the freedom of journalists around the world to report without threats and persecution. #2025Highlights #PressFreedom

In response to the deterioration of press freedom in the United States, CPJ has taken a multipronged approach, documenting and providing analysis of the state of affairs; increasing our advocacy capacity at the state and local levels; and training a record number of journalists

#Bangladesh: CPJ joins @accessnow, @article19org, @hrw and others in calling for swift, independent, and transparent investigations into violent attacks on news outlets @ProthomAlo and @dailystarnews. Full statement ⤵️ https://t.co/ZhK0b8qyKY

Two years into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, press freedom inside the country has reached a breaking point. Journalists report escalating censorship, harassment, and self-censorship that, they say, now functions as “part of the war effort.” https://t.co/fnpGZCp5dt

As a rotating cast of transitional leaders hope to restore order across the Caribbean nation, Haitian journalists say a lack of transparency and hostility from government authorities have left many media outlets without the protections they need to safely do their jobs.