Committee to Protect Journalists

06/18/2026

: CPJ calls on the authorities to immediately grant journalist D**g Yuyu medical parole or early release on humanitarian grounds. More than a month after a fast-growing tumor was found in his lung, his health situation remains extremely concerning. D**g must be given access to timely and adequate medical care.

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https://cpj.org/2026/05/tumor-found-in-jailed-chinese-journalist-dong-yuyus-lung-after-hospitalization/

06/17/2026

It’s been more than six years since assassins shot and killed investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela in his car in Accra, . He was murdered after receiving threats for his investigative reporting on corruption in African soccer.

Divela's brother, Kamilu Ibrahim Tahidu, told CPJ of his frustration at Ghanaian authorities’ failure to apprehend those responsible for Divela's killing. The lack of accountability in Divela’s case is indicative of a broader pattern of impunity for crimes against journalists in Ghana, often seen as one of the region’s most stable democracies with a high degree of media freedom.

As Ghana kicks off its first game, CPJ calls on Ghanaian authorities to take long overdue steps to deliver justice for Divela's murder.

Read more about the case⤵️
https://cpj.org/2025/11/no-justice-for-murdered-ghanaian-journalist-as-world-marks-day-to-end-impunity/
Read CPJ’s letter to Ghana’s president⤵️
https://cpj.org/2025/04/cpj-urges-ghanas-president-mahama-to-reverse-impunity-improve-press-freedom/
Watch the full interview with Tahidu⤵️
https://cpj.org/2023/07/you-better-shut-up-a-ghana-familys-relentless-calls-for-justice/

06/17/2026

CPJ has documented six foreign journalists being denied entry by Israel. The following first hand accounts reveal a worrying truth: journalists’ reporting has become a central focus of border screenings and visa reviews in Israel.

For two-thirds of the journalists, officials directly cited their reporting or public statements as grounds for the decisions, including their use of terms such as “apartheid” or “genocide” to describe Israeli policies, according to documents seen by CPJ and news reports. The others said they were given little or no explanation but suspect their reporting played a role.

This comes as Israel continues to block foreign journalists from entering Gaza, except on highly controlled embeds with the Israeli military, leaving Palestinian reporters inside the territory to bear the burden of on-the-ground reporting on the war.

Read the full feature here: https://cpj.org/2026/06/these-6-foreign-journalists-have-been-denied-entry-by-israel/

06/16/2026

06/16/2026

⚽️ As kicks off its first match, CPJ calls on Algerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes. Gleizes was arrested on May 28, 2024, following an interview with a football club president — a clear indication of the government’s intolerance of press freedom.

Reporters sans frontières / Reporters Without Borders / RSF recently announced that Gleizes has now been granted accreditation by FIFA to cover the World Cup. This accreditation was granted in support of him to reiterate the call for his immediate release.

Read more about the case ⤵️
https://cpj.org/2025/07/algeria-sentences-french-sports-journalist-to-7-years-in-prison/

06/15/2026

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 .

06/14/2026

⚽️ As Tunisia kicks off its first match, CPJ calls on Tunisian authorities to immediately release former football journalist Mourad Zghidi. On June 4, Zghidi began a hunger strike in protest of his unjust conviction and the continued judicial harassment he has faced for his work.

Read more ⤵️
https://cpj.org/data/people/mourad-zghidi/

06/13/2026

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06/12/2026

Ahead of Tunisia's first match in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, CPJ spoke with the daughter of imprisoned Tunisian sports journalist Mourad Zghidi.

Instead of watching the World Cup games as he has in many years past, Zghidi is spending this tournament in Tunisian prison, serving a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence on alleged money laundering crimes — charges that are widely seen as retaliation for his reporting.

We call on Tunisian authorities to immediately release Mourad Zghidi and all imprisoned journalists across the country.

More on Zghidi’s case ⤵️
https://cpj.org/data/people/mourad-zghidi/

06/11/2026

“Newsrooms and editors need to ensure they prepare their journalists for the potential risks of this World Cup so journalists know their rights and feel empowered while reporting. The World Cup reporting you engage with each day depends on it,” writes Lucy Westcott, CPJ’s Chief Emergencies Officer said in an op-ed for the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

As the first World Cup matches kick off today, journalists covering the World Cup in U.S. cities must know their rights and take precautions while covering the games.

Read the op-ed⤵️
https://www.ajc.com/opinion/2026/06/as-world-cup-begins-safety-of-journalists-is-no-longer-a-given-in-the-us/
Explore CPJ’s World Cup safety resources⤵️
https://cpj.org/issue/world-cup-2026/

The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, which spans events across Canada, Mexico and the United States, will have an estimated 50,000 FIFA accredited journalists and media workers alongside many other reporters covering every aspect of the games, on and off the pitch.  The Committee to Protect Journalists...