Overview
- The Committee to Protect Journalists counted 126 media workers killed worldwide through early December, including 85 in Gaza, 82 of them Palestinian, a total that matches 2024’s record.
- CPJ estimates at least 323 reporters are imprisoned globally this year, underscoring broader pressure on independent newsgathering.
- Mexico recorded nine journalists killed in 2025 and 28 disappeared, with RSF ranking the country second most dangerous after Gaza and warning of “zones of silence” in states such as Guerrero, Michoacán and Guanajuato.
- In the United States, the Press Freedom Tracker logged 170 assaults on reporters in 2025, 160 attributed to security forces, with many incidents arising during coverage of migration enforcement operations.
- U.S. press-government friction intensified as the administration restricted Associated Press access over a naming dispute, pursued and settled litigation with major outlets, cut funding to public broadcasters, moved to shutter U.S. international broadcasters, and triggered a mass surrender of Pentagon credentials that prompted a New York Times legal challenge.