January 22, 2025 – Sudan – Sudanese journalist Yahya Hamad Fadlallah died on January 13, 2025, just days after being released from nearly a month-long detention […]
January 22, 2025 – Afghanistan – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Pakistani authorities to immediately end the harassment, detention, and deportation of […]
January 22, 2025 – Turkey/Iraq/Kurdistan – Turkish authorities detained Eylem Babayiğit, a Kurdish journalist and former contributor to the now-closed Özgür Gündem newspaper, during a raid […]
January 22, 2025 – Palestine/Israel/USA – Stanford University has announced it will not pursue disciplinary action against student journalist Dilan Gohill, who was arrested in June […]
January 22, 2025 – Bangladesh – Bangladeshi journalists Farzana Rupa and Shakil Ahmed, both formerly with the private broadcaster Ekattor TV, have filed a formal complaint […]
January 21, 2025 – Tanzania – Tanzanian journalist and activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai was abducted in Nairobi, Kenya, by four unidentified men—some posing as police officers—before […]
January 21, 2025 -Yemen – Ahmad Maher, a Yemeni journalist and former correspondent for Al-Sharea newspaper, was finally released on January 18, 2025, after spending nearly […]
January 21, 2025 – USA – As Donald Trump begins his second term as U.S. President, Amnesty International has issued a strong warning, highlighting the potential […]
January 21, 2025 – Nigeria – Human rights advocates and the family of slain journalist Alex Ogbu marked five years since his killing by accusing the […]