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Committee To Protect Journalists Turns Its Back On Slain Palestinian Journalists

July 1, 2026 Tareq S. Hajjaj, Mondoweiss. , , , , ,
At a moment when Gaza’s journalists urgently need international protection and the solidarity of journalists and press freedom organizations worldwide—for their courage, their commitment, and their decision to remain in Gaza, sometimes sacrificing their lives to document the suffering of a population that has endured genocide for the past three years—the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has released a statement stating that some Gaza-based journalists will be removed from international protection lists because of alleged affiliations with military wings of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

When The FBI Comes Knocking

June 20, 2026 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. , , ,
Along with criminalizing activists for mobilizing dissent, the FBI under director Kash Patel is increasingly engaged in operations that target journalists. Perhaps, the most glaring example is the “criminal” leak investigation that was opened into Atlantic journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick for reporting on Patel’s “drinking habits and erratic conduct set off a chain of legal and institutional confrontations,” according to MS NOW. MS NOW reported that FBI agents assigned to the matter were afraid of the “professional risk” to their careers if they searched for Fitzpatrick’s name in FBI databases and examined her social media.

Reporters Without Borders: 2026 Lowest Point For Press Freedom

April 30, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
In its 2026 World Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reports that global press freedom has reached its lowest level in the index's 25-year history, with more than half of the world's countries now classified as “difficult” or “very serious” for journalistic freedom. “Journalists are still being killed and imprisoned for their work, but the tactics undermining press freedom are evolving. Journalism is being asphyxiated by hostile political discourse towards reporters, weakened by a faltering media economy, and squeezed by laws being used as weapons against the press,” the RSF report read.

Israeli Military Reportedly Bombed Lebanese Journalist, Blocked Rescuers

April 24, 2026 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. , , , ,
The Israeli military reportedly targeted two Lebanese journalists, assassinating Amal Khalil who worked for the Al-Akhbar newspaper and seriously injuring freelance photographer Zeinab Faraj. Lebanese Red Cross volunteers rescued Faraj but were unable to rescue Khalil before she died because the Israeli military opened fire on them, which Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called a “war crime.” “Israel’s targeting of media professionals in the South while they are performing their professional duties can no longer be viewed as a series of isolated incidents,” Salam declared.

US Military Partners In The Gulf Crack Down On Journalism During Iran War

April 19, 2026 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. , , , ,
Kuwait is considered a “vital” partner of the United States military. Prior to the war on Iran, the Persian Gulf state hosted around 13,500 U.S. forces at Camp Arifjan and Ali al-Salem Air Base. “Only Germany, Japan, and South Korea host more U.S. forces than Kuwait does,” according to the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs for the U.S. State Department. Now, the Gulf state has arrested and charged Kuwaiti American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin with violating one of the country’s censorship laws.  The State Department could easily demand Shihab-Eldin’s release, and the monarchy that rules Kuwait would set him free.

Judge Slaps Down Pentagon’s Anti-Press Policy

March 22, 2026 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. , , , , ,
A United States judge ruled that the Pentagon’s restrictions imposed on reporters are unconstitutional and “vacated” the “challenged provisions” of the policy. He defended the right of members of news media to solicit information from sources and upheld the public’s right to know information about their government.  “[I]n light of the country’s recent incursion into Venezuela and its ongoing war with Iran, it is more important than ever that the public have access to information from a variety of perspectives about what its government is doing,” Judge Paul Friedman declared.

Journalists Jailed By ICE Are Revealing The Horrors Of Incarceration

February 21, 2026 Jeremy Busby, Truthout. , , ,
For decades, corporate media and elected officials have shown little interest in reporting by incarcerated individuals on the unchecked inhumane treatment and deplorable conditions inside U.S. jails, detention centers, and prisons. But as a result of the Trump administration’s escalation of anti-immigrant violence and efforts to quell all dissent, professional journalists and writers, who normally are severely restricted from entering into the U.S.’s carceral facilities, are now themselves experiencing the harsh realities that nearly 2.1 million incarcerated people are subjected to daily in this country.

Committee To Protect Journalists Scrapped ‘Impunity Index’

February 16, 2026 Press TV, Orinoco Tribune. , , , , ,
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a US nonprofit organization based in New York City, has discontinued its annual Global Impunity Index, a decision that current and former staff members say was motivated by a desire to avoid highlighting Israel’s leading role in unpunished killings of journalists amid its genocidal war against the people of Gaza. According to whistleblowers speaking to The Electronic Intifada, CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg canceled the index last August in a calculated move to prevent Israel from topping the list. The Impunity Index, published since 2008, ranks countries by the rate of unsolved murders of journalists relative to population over a 10-year rolling period

Protests Mushroom As ‘Drawdown’ Of Attacks Fails To Materialize

January 31, 2026 John Wojcik, People's World. , , , ,
Minneapolis—Determination to resist the continuing assault on democracy by the Trump administration is reflected in demonstrations breaking out here and from coast to coast. There are boycotts being organized by teachers and students in schools, customers at shopping plazas, and workers on the job in Minnesota by people angry about the administration’s backing off on claims that it was going to draw down its attacks on immigrants and their supporters. Early in the morning on Jan. 30, people were already gathering at the Federal Building. The repression was intensified Thursday with the arrest and jailing of journalists covering the protests.

Public Broadcasters Quit Eurovision 2026 Over Participation Of Israel

December 5, 2025 Ana Vracar, People's Dispatch. , , , ,
At least four countries will withdraw from next year’s Eurovision Song Contest following a decision to allow Israel to compete. After a European Broadcasting Union (EBU) discussion in Switzerland this week, public broadcasters from Slovenia, Spain, Ireland, and the Netherlands issued statements denouncing the failure to address concerns over Israel’s participation in the contest, while Palestine solidarity movements elsewhere in Europe are demanding from more broadcasters to follow suit. “For more than a year, we have been warning that we cannot stand on the same stage with a representative of a country that has committed genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza,” said Ksenija Horvat

News, Not Slop

December 5, 2025 The Stand. , , ,
Politico and E&E News journalists announced a major victory in arbitration this week, successfully arguing that Politico management violated the workers’ collective bargaining agreement by unilaterally introducing two artificial intelligence tools for news coverage without providing notice or bargaining over their implementation. Per the workers’ union–the PEN Guild, part of the Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild-CWA–it’s one of the first major arbitration cases concerning AI practices in journalism, setting a powerful precedent.

Breaking Out Of Media Group-Think

November 22, 2025 Jonathan Cook, Consortium News. , , , , ,
The past two years have seen a catastrophic failure by Western journalists to report properly what amounts to an undoubted genocide in Gaza. This has been a low point even by the dismal standards set by our profession, and further reason why audiences continue to distrust us in ever greater numbers. There is a comforting argument — comforting especially for those journalists who have failed so scandalously during this period — that seeks to explain, and excuse, this failure. Israel’s exclusion of Western reporters, so the claim goes, has made it impossible to determine exactly what is occurring on the ground in Gaza.

British Journalist Sami Hamdi Recounts ICE Detention

November 19, 2025 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. , , , , ,
British journalist Sami Hamdi, who was recently released from ICE detention in the United States, recounted what he experienced during an online discussion organized by the Freedom of the Press Foundation. Hamdi had a valid visa and a ticket for a domestic flight to Tampa, Florida, where he was scheduled to speak at a banquet for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Yet as a result of pressure from anti-Muslim activists Laura Boomer and Amy Mek, the State Department revoked his visa, and he was held in confinement for around 18 days. On October 26, the Department of Homeland Security took him into custody at the San Francisco International Airport. His detention and removal was in retaliation for his speech in support of Palestinian human rights and against the Israeli government’s genocide in Gaza.

Family Of British Journalist Detained In US Say UK Has Failed To Help

October 31, 2025 Imran Mulla, Middle East Eye. , , , ,
The family of a British Muslim journalist detained by US authorities since the weekend have called for the UK government to support his immediate release from detention, criticising it for "lack of action". Sami Hamdi was held by the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency at San Francisco international airport during a speaking tour in the US. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) has described the detention as retaliation for Hamdi's criticism of Israel, calling it an "abduction". Hamdi's wife Soumaya said on Wednesday that he was "abducted" over his advocacy for Palestinian rights.

US Investigator Confirms Government Cover Up Of Shireen Abu Aqla’s Murder

October 28, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , ,
A former US military policeman who investigated the killing of US-Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqla says an Israeli soldier deliberately shot her, but his superiors at the State Department changed the conclusions of his report to claim the killing was unintentional, the New York Times (NYT) reported on 27 October. Abu Aqla was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier in Jenin in the West Bank in May 2022 while reporting for Al Jazeera on clashes between the Israeli army and Palestinian resistance forces. Israel initially claimed that Palestinian fighters had killed Abu Aqla, but belatedly apologized for her death a full year later.
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