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CPJ Demands Action on Stalled FBI Probe Into Shireen Abu Akleh Killing

CPJ says years of silence from U.S. investigators signal a failure to protect a U.S. citizen killed while reporting.

Press Freedom Alarms Intensify in Latin America on World Press Freedom Day

RightsCon Canceled in Zambia After Organizers Cite Chinese Pressure Over Taiwan

RSF Index 2026 Finds Press Freedom at a 25-Year Low

Global News Leaders Urge Israel to Lift Gaza Press Ban

Iran Expands Selective Internet Access During Prolonged Blackout

Nigeria’s Regulator Tightens Broadcast Rules as Rights Groups Push Back

Kuwait Detains Kuwaiti-American Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Over War Posts

Russia Raids Novaya Gazeta, Court Orders Reporter Held Pending Trial

Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Washah Killed in Gaza City Strike

Russia Hands Over 1,000 Fallen to Ukraine as Kyiv Returns 41 Bodies

Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Wascheha Killed in Gaza as Israel Says It Hit His Car

Researchers Expose Multi-Year Hack-for-Hire Campaign Targeting MENA Journalists

Brazil Signs National Protocol to Investigate Crimes Against Journalists

Japan Says Citizen Detained in Iran Is Freed on Bail

UAE Arrests British Flight Attendant Over WhatsApp Photo in War-Image Crackdown

UK Police Re-Arrest Pro-Palestine Activist on Suspicion of Encouraging Terrorism

Russia Announces New Push to Cut VPN Use and Curb Foreign Platforms

Iran’s Internet Blackout Reaches 30 Days, Cutting Off Millions

Russia Labels 'Mr Nobody' Teacher a Foreign Agent After Court Bans Oscar-Winning Documentary