Overview
- Palestine recorded 56 journalist deaths in 2025, part of 74 across the Middle East, the highest regional toll in the IFJ’s year-end report.
- Worldwide, 533 journalists were imprisoned, with China including Hong Kong holding 143, and the Asia-Pacific region registering the most detentions.
- Europe was also a detention hotspot in 2025, with the IFJ citing a sharp rise tied to intensified repression in countries such as Azerbaijan and Russia.
- The IFJ’s tally includes nine accidental deaths and differs from other monitors, with Reporters Without Borders listing 67 and UNESCO 93 due to varying methodologies.
- Emblematic incidents highlighted by the IFJ include the August 10 strike that killed Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif in Gaza and a September attack on a Yemeni newspaper office that killed 13 media workers.