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CPJ calls on Tunisian authorities to free all journalists unjustly imprisoned for their work across the country. Read more on the state of press freedom in Tunisia ⤵️
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Press freedom is your freedom🗞️ The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes #pressfreedom worldwide.
- Replying to @pressfreedomImprisoned journalist Mourad Zghidi’s daughter, Yesmine Zghid, told CPJ: “My father has spent two years behind bars because of his work and his opinions. The injustice of his imprisonment has left our family trapped in a nightmare that never seems to end. We want only one thing:
- CPJ calls on Tunisian authorities to immediately release imprisoned journalist Mourad Zghidi. On June 4, Zghidi began a hunger strike in protest of his unjust conviction and the continued judicial harassment he has faced for his work. Read more ⤵️ cpj.org/data/people/mo…
- ⚽️ As the 2026 World Cup kicks off, CPJ urges all journalists covering the games, particularly in the United States, to take precautions to prepare for potential interactions with law enforcement, crowd and police violence, and device searches and seizures.
00:00 - Replying to @pressfreedomIn April, CPJ condemned the Kuwaiti government’s decision to revoke the citizenship of U.S.-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin and his two sisters, just days after his release from two months of wrongful detention.
- Replying to @pressfreedom“The Kuwaiti authorities are now appealing and continue to seek to criminalize me for simply doing my job as a journalist. I hope the Kuwaiti courts reject this and that all the charges against me are dismissed, fully and unconditionally. Journalism is not a crime,” Ahmed
- Replying to @pressfreedomAhmed Shihab-Eldin and his international counsel welcomed the UN experts statement. The statement comes one day before Shihab-Eldin's case will again be before Kuwaiti courts, in an appeal from the judgment issued on April 23, 2026.
- CPJ welcomes @UN_SPExperts expressing serious concern about the arbitrary arrest, detention, and prosecution in Kuwait of @aseisfree, in apparent retaliation for his legitimate work as a journalist. We urge Kuwaiti authorities to heed their call. ohchr.org/en/press-relea… 📷:
- “The upcoming retrial of Jarosław Ziętara’s murder case offers Polish authorities a long-overdue chance to uncover the full truth and finally move this case toward full accountability,” said CPJ's Europe representative @attilamong.2/1 CPJ welcomes #Poland prosecutors’ renewed commitment to Ziętara murder case as they prepare for a new trial in the 1992 disappearance and presumed murder of investigative journalist Jarosław Ziętara. cpj.org/2026/06/cpj-we…
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#USA - We stand with @AIPSmedia and join their call to ensure that media representatives covering the #WorldCup2026 are allowed into the United States and can do their jobs without fear of harassment from domestic immigration authorities. RE: - Committee to Protect Journalists reposted
Under Ghana’s President @JDMahama, near-total impunity for attacks on 17 journalists cpj.org/2026/06/under-… When Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama took office in January 2025, pledging to restore “an era of true media freedom,” journalists had reason to hope that attacks
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#Bangladesh: To mark 100 days of Honorable Tarique Rahman as Prime Minister, join us for a panel discussion on the press freedom challenges facing Bangladesh on June 10. The event will feature Ms. Aklima Ferdows Lisa of P.A.R.I., Mr. Monzurul Islam of Prothom Alo, Mr. Nazmul
- Replying to @pressfreedom“These remarks amount to the first public acknowledgment by an official Israeli representative that the two strikes which hit a clearly identified group of journalists were carried out by Israeli forces, and are consistent with findings from multiple investigations, including
