Committee to Protect Journalists, Inc.

August 13, 2026 | Toby Dershowitz |

Al Jazeera Cuts Its Gaza Staff. Does Its Timing Tell a Story?

A Media rights organization has quietly removed at least eight individuals from its roster of media workers killed while doing journalistic work. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it...

October 23, 2025 | Ivana Stradner, Emily Hester

The UN Cybercrime Treaty: A Trojan Horse for Suppressing Dissent

May 22, 2025 | |

‘All of Hamas, Out!’: Gazans Reignite Anti-Hamas Protests

Gazans Protest For 3 Days: Hundreds of Gazans have participated in three days of renewed protests against Hamas. Demonstrators in southern Gaza chanted “Out! Out! Out! All of...

November 23, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Why sic the FBI on the IDF?

The shut-and-open case of Shireen Abu Akleh

June 10, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Is German Chancellor Angela Merkel Endangering Jewish Life?

Vicious, often Muslim-animated antisemitism—including violence—has engulfed German cities.

April 5, 2020 | |

Should the United States Lift Sanctions on Iran to Address Its Coronavirus Outbreak?

Iran is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East. The Islamic Republic’s leadership has engaged in a massive campaign aimed at lifting sanctions imposed on it for its malign activities,...

June 25, 2019 | Bill Roggio

Taliban military commission threatens Afghan media

The Taliban’s “Commission for Military Affairs of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” gave media outlets a one week deadline to cease broadcasting anti-Taliban commercials or they “shall become mi...

March 5, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Algeria Releases Blogger Jailed for Interview with Israel

Housing Minister in Algeria alleged Israel was behind Arab Spring.

March 2, 2017 | Aykan Erdemir, Cenk Sidar The Washington Post

Turkey’s bizarre witch hunt against the media

Turkey, the world’s worst offender of press freedom according to the Committee to Protect Jour...

January 17, 2017 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Terrorists, Insurgents, Something Else? Clarifying and Classifying the “Generational Challenge”

Co-written by Jacob Zenn. The Trump administration’s ...

May 4, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz

Iran Accountability Week

Introduction: Chairman Munson, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to appear before this distinguished committee. I applaud the Canadian Parliament for t...

December 31, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal

Report: Islamist Terrorism Responsible for 40% of Journalists’ Deaths in 2015

Islamist-animated terrorism caused the largest number of journalists’ deaths in 2015, according to a Tuesday report from the Committee to Protect Journalists. Al-Qaida in the Arabi...

February 14, 2014 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Stand Up to Turkey’s Crackdowns

Turkey’s democracy is sinking. To fend off a corruption scandal, the government has launched an assault on the independence of the judiciary and police, freedom of the press, the right of c...

January 21, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Obama Is Eagerly Mainstreaming the Iranian Regime

A State Department spokesman announced Monday...

December 2, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Watchdog Says Syria Most Dangerous Country for Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Tuesday that the civil war in Syria posed the greatest danger for working reporters in conflict areas. “Syria remains the m...

August 26, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Turkey’s Pariah Sultan?

Yesterday, Katherine Connell covered in this spac...

April 22, 2013 | James Kirchick The Tower |

Has Turkey Betrayed the West?

Once a secular, modernizing country, Turkey’s ruthless assault on journalists raises serious doubts about its future.

July 11, 2011 |

Pakistani Intelligence Officials Implicated in Journalist’s Murder

The New York Times has published a remarkable article on the murder of Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad. It is not the story’s central allegation that makes the piece remar...