The Israeli military killed 31 journalists in targeted strikes on media offices in the Houthi government’s Moral Guidance Directorate in the capital, Sanaa, on Sept. 10, CPJ MENA reports cpj.org/2025/09/israel…

Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, which killed 31 journalists and media support workers on September 10, signal that its deadly attacks on reporters and newsrooms for publishing “terrorist” propaganda has spread. cpj.org/2025/09/israel…

Israel attack on Yemeni newspaper was second deadliest on journalists ever recorded. theguardian.com/world/2025/sep…

#Egypt: CPJ welcomes the release of Egyptian-British writer Alaa Abd El-Fattah and hopes this signals a step toward greater openness and respect for freedom of expression in Egypt. We look forward to further progress in strengthening protections for journalists and safeguarding

#Egypt: The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on Egyptian authorities to immediately release journalist Ismail Alexandrani, who has already spent years imprisoned for his reporting. cpj.org/2025/09/egypt-…

The Egyptian regime couldn’t keep us relieved for long after Alaa’s release.They arrested one of Egypt’s most prominent journalists and experts on Sinai — simply because they disliked his FB posts,in which he spoke about the practice of rotating Egyptian prisoners into new cases.

#Yemen: CPJ calls for the immediate release of Yemeni freelance journalist Majed Zayed, who was abducted by #Houthi authorities on September 23 amid a wave of detentions. cpj.org/2025/09/yemeni…

#Yemen: CPJ calls on Yemen's Southern Transitional Council (STC), which controls the city of Aden, to hold to account those who raided independent newspaper Aden al-Ghad's headquarters and briefly detained its editor in chief.

🎥 Israel’s logic for justifying its killing of journalists and targeting of media facilities in Yemen, Gaza, and Iran would, if adopted by other states, usher in a far deadlier era for journalists in conflict zones worldwide. A recent CPJ report highlights one case: an

When it comes to the safety of journalists worldwide the sig of this strike in Yemen can't be overstated. And as the reports author Mohamed Mandour noted in this report, this strike hit at a time where it inflicted max casualties: as staff one newspaper were meeting to finalize the

1- Today marks seven years since the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a brutal act of transnational repression that laid bare the dangers journalists face worldwide. The failure to hold those responsible to account has entrenched a climate of impunity and abuses.

#UAE 🇦🇪: CPJ calls on authorities in the United Arab Emirates to explain the detention of South Sudanese freelance commentator Samuel Peter Oyay, who was arrested at his home in Dubai on September 30, and to immediately disclose his whereabouts. cpj.org/2025/10/uae-ar…

Just thinking about Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who would have reported on this ceasefire with so much happiness and enthusiasm — but Anas was killed two months ago. Let’s honor his memory by preserving this ceasefire, moving forward, and saving lives.

Let’s see hostages return home safely, Gazans live one day without bloodshed, and political prisoners freed. Let’s hope for lasting peace, a Palestinian state, and a world free of antisemitism and Islamophobia

A few days ahead of the first-ever Egypt-EU summit, which will address the EU’s macro-financial assistance (MFA) progress to Egypt, the country is sentencing one of its most brilliant economic minds to five years in prison simply for daring to criticize Sisi’s economic policies.