Kathy Jones
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CPJ is grateful to @welch.senate.gov for organizing today’s press conference demanding accountability for Israel’s systematic targeting of the press, and to Sen. @vanhollen.senate.gov and Rep. @balint.house.gov for joining in solidarity.
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US senator’s revelations show Israel does not investigate war crimes against journalists; US and international community must step in - Committee to Protect Journalists
US government failed in its duty to pursue accountability for American journalist Dylan Collins, targeted in the October 13, 2023, Israeli attack that killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah Washing...
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December 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
CPJ is grateful to @welch.senate.gov for organizing today’s press conference demanding accountability for Israel’s systematic targeting of the press, and to Sen. @vanhollen.senate.gov and Rep. @balint.house.gov for joining in solidarity.
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Trump admin officials are "trolling citizens and judges," @laurenleharper.bsky.social told @nytimes.com.
"It indicates that ICE continues to feel increasing impunity and that it has the right to behave as a secret police that’s exempt from accountability."
"It indicates that ICE continues to feel increasing impunity and that it has the right to behave as a secret police that’s exempt from accountability."
ICE Tells Watchdog It Has No Videos to Release of Chicago Operations
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December 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Trump admin officials are "trolling citizens and judges," @laurenleharper.bsky.social told @nytimes.com.
"It indicates that ICE continues to feel increasing impunity and that it has the right to behave as a secret police that’s exempt from accountability."
"It indicates that ICE continues to feel increasing impunity and that it has the right to behave as a secret police that’s exempt from accountability."
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📥 Sen. Kelly: Read boat strike memo into Congressional Record
You can, and should, follow the historic lead of Sen. Mike Gravel, who in 1971 read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record.
Read about this and more in our weekly newsletter, The Classifieds, (and subscribe).
You can, and should, follow the historic lead of Sen. Mike Gravel, who in 1971 read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record.
Read about this and more in our weekly newsletter, The Classifieds, (and subscribe).
Sen. Kelly: Read boat strike memo into Congressional Record
Plus: IRS says it will take eight months to search for an email
freedom.press
December 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
📥 Sen. Kelly: Read boat strike memo into Congressional Record
You can, and should, follow the historic lead of Sen. Mike Gravel, who in 1971 read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record.
Read about this and more in our weekly newsletter, The Classifieds, (and subscribe).
You can, and should, follow the historic lead of Sen. Mike Gravel, who in 1971 read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record.
Read about this and more in our weekly newsletter, The Classifieds, (and subscribe).
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Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: American soldiers have long faced unlawful orders. They need courage and our support to resist. #ksleg
American soldiers have long faced unlawful orders. They need courage and our support to resist. • Kansas Reflector
The question of resisting illegal orders becomes a flash point in American politics every generation or so.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: American soldiers have long faced unlawful orders. They need courage and our support to resist. #ksleg
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"What we witnessed in Gaza reflects a sustained, widespread, and systematic pattern of silencing journalists."
At #ARIJ25, CPJ Journalist Assistance Manager Ignacio Miguel Delgado Culebras joined CPJ Advocacy Director Amelia Evans and Regional Director Sara Qudah to speak about Israel's impunity.
At #ARIJ25, CPJ Journalist Assistance Manager Ignacio Miguel Delgado Culebras joined CPJ Advocacy Director Amelia Evans and Regional Director Sara Qudah to speak about Israel's impunity.
December 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"What we witnessed in Gaza reflects a sustained, widespread, and systematic pattern of silencing journalists."
At #ARIJ25, CPJ Journalist Assistance Manager Ignacio Miguel Delgado Culebras joined CPJ Advocacy Director Amelia Evans and Regional Director Sara Qudah to speak about Israel's impunity.
At #ARIJ25, CPJ Journalist Assistance Manager Ignacio Miguel Delgado Culebras joined CPJ Advocacy Director Amelia Evans and Regional Director Sara Qudah to speak about Israel's impunity.
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CPJ is calling on Russian authorities to immediately disclose the whereabouts of @rferl.org.web.brid.gy journalist Nika Novak, who has gone missing from a prison in Bozoy, in the Siberian region of Irkutsk. cpj.org/2025/12/russ...
#WhereIsNika
#WhereIsNika
Russian journalist Nika Novak missing from prison - Committee to Protect Journalists
Berlin, December 2, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on Russian authorities to immediately disclose the whereabouts of journalist Nika Novak, who has gone missing from a prison in ...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
CPJ is calling on Russian authorities to immediately disclose the whereabouts of @rferl.org.web.brid.gy journalist Nika Novak, who has gone missing from a prison in Bozoy, in the Siberian region of Irkutsk. cpj.org/2025/12/russ...
#WhereIsNika
#WhereIsNika
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CPJ announced four new members to its board of directors: @rblumenstein.bsky.social of @nbcnews.com, Gary Briggs, marketing executive and advisor to notable technology and retail firms; Phil Chetwynd of @afp.com; and Katherine Moran Meeks of Fox News. cpj.org?p=541655
CPJ welcomes four eminent executives to its board of directors - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, December 2, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) announced on Tuesday four new members to its board of directors: Rebecca Blumenstein, president, editorial of NBC News, Gary Brigg...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
CPJ announced four new members to its board of directors: @rblumenstein.bsky.social of @nbcnews.com, Gary Briggs, marketing executive and advisor to notable technology and retail firms; Phil Chetwynd of @afp.com; and Katherine Moran Meeks of Fox News. cpj.org?p=541655
You can double your #GivingTuesday gift and support #pressfreedom at the same time - please give to our very worthy cause -thank you!
Scaling up our journalist assistance to meet the overwhelming need requires more resources: more rapid-response funds, more safety advice, and more capacity. Your gift is a life-line to the truth tellers who risk everything to speak truth to power. Will you step up and help them? cpj.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
You can double your #GivingTuesday gift and support #pressfreedom at the same time - please give to our very worthy cause -thank you!
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"CPJ welcomes the release of political commentator and lawyer Sonia Dahmani, whose 18-month imprisonment for peaceful commentary should never have occurred. We call on Tunisian authorities to ensure her release is fully unconditional," said CPJ's Deputy Advocacy Director, EU @at-tgibson.bsky.social.
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"CPJ welcomes the release of political commentator and lawyer Sonia Dahmani, whose 18-month imprisonment for peaceful commentary should never have occurred. We call on Tunisian authorities to ensure her release is fully unconditional," said CPJ's Deputy Advocacy Director, EU @at-tgibson.bsky.social.
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CPJ welcomes the release of Tunisian commentator and CPJ awardee Sonia Dahmani🎉
Despite her return home, key details surrounding her release remain unclear. We call on authorities to clarify the conditions of her release and ensure she can work and move freely. cpj.org?p=540485
📷Fethi Belaid/AFP
Despite her return home, key details surrounding her release remain unclear. We call on authorities to clarify the conditions of her release and ensure she can work and move freely. cpj.org?p=540485
📷Fethi Belaid/AFP
December 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
CPJ welcomes the release of Tunisian commentator and CPJ awardee Sonia Dahmani🎉
Despite her return home, key details surrounding her release remain unclear. We call on authorities to clarify the conditions of her release and ensure she can work and move freely. cpj.org?p=540485
📷Fethi Belaid/AFP
Despite her return home, key details surrounding her release remain unclear. We call on authorities to clarify the conditions of her release and ensure she can work and move freely. cpj.org?p=540485
📷Fethi Belaid/AFP
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Security isn't something you can just buy.
But you can absolutely buy security gadgets and services for the journalists in your life.
But you can absolutely buy security gadgets and services for the journalists in your life.
How to shop for a journalist: A security gift-giving guide
Sometimes I need gifts for my journalist friends. Journalists don’t typically treat themselves to gadgets and services that will make their jobs safer and easier, but maybe you can treat them instead.
freedom.press
December 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Security isn't something you can just buy.
But you can absolutely buy security gadgets and services for the journalists in your life.
But you can absolutely buy security gadgets and services for the journalists in your life.
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Jamal Khashoggi came from a prominent Saudi family but fled his country in June, 2017, after he'd become increasingly critical of his government. The Saudi journalist was murdered in 2018. n.pr/43JW7WJ
Opinion: Jamal Khashoggi's words live forever
Jamal Khashoggi came from a prominent Saudi family but fled his country in June, 2017, after he'd become increasingly critical of his government. The Saudi journalist was murdered in 2018.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Jamal Khashoggi came from a prominent Saudi family but fled his country in June, 2017, after he'd become increasingly critical of his government. The Saudi journalist was murdered in 2018. n.pr/43JW7WJ
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Dong Yuyu and Sonia Dahmani are imprisoned in China and Tunisia respectively, Bolot Temirov is reporting in exile in Europe, and Elvira Pilar and Juan Carlos Tito, our married couple from Ecuador, are living in exile and unable to leave Canada while their asylum claims are in process.
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Dong Yuyu and Sonia Dahmani are imprisoned in China and Tunisia respectively, Bolot Temirov is reporting in exile in Europe, and Elvira Pilar and Juan Carlos Tito, our married couple from Ecuador, are living in exile and unable to leave Canada while their asylum claims are in process.
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Tonight from NYC: CPJ’s 35th Annual International #PressFreedom Awards 🏆 For the first time in CPJ's history, none of our International #PressFreedom Awardees are able to attend the ceremony.
Their absence is a powerful reminder of why CPJ's advocacy for press freedom is more important than ever.
Their absence is a powerful reminder of why CPJ's advocacy for press freedom is more important than ever.
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Tonight from NYC: CPJ’s 35th Annual International #PressFreedom Awards 🏆 For the first time in CPJ's history, none of our International #PressFreedom Awardees are able to attend the ceremony.
Their absence is a powerful reminder of why CPJ's advocacy for press freedom is more important than ever.
Their absence is a powerful reminder of why CPJ's advocacy for press freedom is more important than ever.
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CPJ is honored to recognize this year's International Press Freedom Awards honorees who exemplify the best of journalism🏆
⚡️Dong Yuyu
⚡️Elvira Pilar and Juan Carlos Tito
⚡️Bolot Temirov
⚡️Sonia Dahmani
⚡️Gwen Ifill Awardee David McCraw
⚡️Dong Yuyu
⚡️Elvira Pilar and Juan Carlos Tito
⚡️Bolot Temirov
⚡️Sonia Dahmani
⚡️Gwen Ifill Awardee David McCraw
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
CPJ is honored to recognize this year's International Press Freedom Awards honorees who exemplify the best of journalism🏆
⚡️Dong Yuyu
⚡️Elvira Pilar and Juan Carlos Tito
⚡️Bolot Temirov
⚡️Sonia Dahmani
⚡️Gwen Ifill Awardee David McCraw
⚡️Dong Yuyu
⚡️Elvira Pilar and Juan Carlos Tito
⚡️Bolot Temirov
⚡️Sonia Dahmani
⚡️Gwen Ifill Awardee David McCraw
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TOMORROW 🎬 CPJ is proud to support the documentary "#ArmedOnlyWithACamera." Join us for a screening + panel discussion, with CPJ’s Chief Emergencies Officer Lucy Westcott, at the @columbiajournalism.bsky.social.
🗓️ 11/13 | 6-8PM ET
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/armed-only...
🗓️ 11/13 | 6-8PM ET
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/armed-only...
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
TOMORROW 🎬 CPJ is proud to support the documentary "#ArmedOnlyWithACamera." Join us for a screening + panel discussion, with CPJ’s Chief Emergencies Officer Lucy Westcott, at the @columbiajournalism.bsky.social.
🗓️ 11/13 | 6-8PM ET
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/armed-only...
🗓️ 11/13 | 6-8PM ET
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/armed-only...
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Police and judges need a refresher on the First Amendment.
Kansas’ Marion County just provided the syllabus — the expensive way.
Kansas’ Marion County just provided the syllabus — the expensive way.
Kansas county pays $3M for forgetting the First Amendment
Marion County cops got their First Amendment lesson the hard way. Police elsewhere should take note
freedom.press
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Police and judges need a refresher on the First Amendment.
Kansas’ Marion County just provided the syllabus — the expensive way.
Kansas’ Marion County just provided the syllabus — the expensive way.
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Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret. Editor says court cases against city continue #ksleg
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret. Editor says court cases against city continue #ksleg
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This story highlights how important it is to have journalists who have expertise in specific areas. In this case, a journalist embedded in war becomes a specialist in veterans, enabling him to cover these stories more in depth than someone who is new to this area. Thank you @quillawrence.bsky.social
Holy crap, this 2 part story is so important. The first part is of the Carlson's early life, how he ended up in the National Guard, serving in Iraq, post war life. The second part is about his time in jail as a vet with PTSD. TW: violence, suicide, sounds of war
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Carlson’s War: Part 1 : Up First from NPR
What does it mean to live through war? And can someone who’s experienced
war ever get over it? These are questions NPR’s Quil Lawrence has been
asking himself for years. A decade ago, Lawrence did a...
www.npr.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This story highlights how important it is to have journalists who have expertise in specific areas. In this case, a journalist embedded in war becomes a specialist in veterans, enabling him to cover these stories more in depth than someone who is new to this area. Thank you @quillawrence.bsky.social
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The “Silenced” series examines the global targeting of journalists and the broader implications for press freedom. Join us for the opening of the Memorial Gallery that honors journalists who have been killed since CPJ began keeping record 3+ decades ago.
🗓️ 11/6 | 5:30PM ET
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🗓️ 11/6 | 5:30PM ET
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November 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The “Silenced” series examines the global targeting of journalists and the broader implications for press freedom. Join us for the opening of the Memorial Gallery that honors journalists who have been killed since CPJ began keeping record 3+ decades ago.
🗓️ 11/6 | 5:30PM ET
tinyurl.com/23fdkuma
🗓️ 11/6 | 5:30PM ET
tinyurl.com/23fdkuma
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The administration hates “fake news” so much it keeps stealing journalists' work for its ICE sizzle reels.
Why can't it find footage from those supposedly better outlets it wants in the WH and Pentagon?
Could it be that they don’t make content worth stealing?
Why can't it find footage from those supposedly better outlets it wants in the WH and Pentagon?
Could it be that they don’t make content worth stealing?
Chicago Sun-Times demands DHS remove social posts using its photos without permission
A letter sent to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Thursday says the government used three Sun-Times photos without permission to promote its immigration enforcement campaign. The ...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The administration hates “fake news” so much it keeps stealing journalists' work for its ICE sizzle reels.
Why can't it find footage from those supposedly better outlets it wants in the WH and Pentagon?
Could it be that they don’t make content worth stealing?
Why can't it find footage from those supposedly better outlets it wants in the WH and Pentagon?
Could it be that they don’t make content worth stealing?
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"The top brass at the LA Sheriff’s Department don’t want their deputies to be accountable to the public they serve. The Sheriff’s Department fights all Public Records Act cases," attorney @susanseager.bsky.social tells us about LASD's stonewalling of journalist @cerisecastle.bsky.social.
LA sheriff ducks journalist’s request for deputy photographs
ICE won’t be the only secret police in town if the department gets its way
freedom.press
November 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"The top brass at the LA Sheriff’s Department don’t want their deputies to be accountable to the public they serve. The Sheriff’s Department fights all Public Records Act cases," attorney @susanseager.bsky.social tells us about LASD's stonewalling of journalist @cerisecastle.bsky.social.
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As paramilitary forces seized control of El-Fasher, journalists became both witnesses and victims of the city’s collapse. At least 13 reporters are missing under blackout, others abducted or sexually assaulted by RSF fighters.
“Every hour, we lose another voice.”
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As Sudan’s El-Fasher falls, the world loses sight of its journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, October 31, 2025 — As paramilitary forces seized control of Sudan’s El-Fasher over the weekend, its journalists have become both witnesses and victims of the unfolding horrors. Over the…
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October 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
As paramilitary forces seized control of El-Fasher, journalists became both witnesses and victims of the city’s collapse. At least 13 reporters are missing under blackout, others abducted or sexually assaulted by RSF fighters.
“Every hour, we lose another voice.”
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“Every hour, we lose another voice.”
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To mark International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists 2025, CPJ calls for radical reform of the systems to investigate journalist killings + hold perpetrators to account after the deadliest 3 years for journalists + media workers since CPJ began keeping records. cpj.org/?p=532691
November 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
To mark International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists 2025, CPJ calls for radical reform of the systems to investigate journalist killings + hold perpetrators to account after the deadliest 3 years for journalists + media workers since CPJ began keeping records. cpj.org/?p=532691
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