Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

The families of Wojciech Czuchnowski and Tomasz Lis have received death threats for “betraying the motherland”. Czuchnowski recently covered the alleged use of Pegasus surveillance spyware against opposition politicians; Lis has often published reports that are critical of Poland’s ruling party.

Fresh blocks on a handful of Venezuela’s few remaining independent news websites are a troubling sign of escalating press censorship.

The prosecutor general’s office has announced a criminal investigation into Kaktus.media after it republished an article, originally published by a Tajik news website, concerning a recent clash at the disputed border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

A proposed amendment to the penal code is risking criminalizing funding for independent journalists and media organizations.

CPJ and Abraji are calling on local authorities to stop harassing and attempting to censor investigative journalist Giovani Grizotti.

An independent radio station was raided and journalists were detained and beaten as attacks on the media continue escalating in Somalia.

Journalist Hermínio Silves denies all allegations against him and vows to protect his sources despite being summoned 3 times by Cape Verde authorities.

During the military takeover in Burkina Faso, journalists Henry Wilkins and Sam Mednick were briefly detained, while local journalist Ibrahim Compaoré was badly injured during protests.