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Tel: 212-465-1004
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Knight Foundation Press Freedom Center
P.O. Box 2675
New York, NY 10108 USA

  

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Police officers shot rubber pellets, tear gas, and threw rocks as they sought to disperse protests on September 20 and 21 against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, according to a report by the National Association of Journalists of Peru. (Photo: Reuters/Sebastian Castaneda)

CPJ calls on Peruvian authorities to investigate attacks against journalists covering protests

Bogotá, September 23, 2025—Peruvian authorities must investigate police violence against 16 journalists covering anti-government demonstrations in Lima, the capital, and take steps to ensure press members can safely report on critical matters of public interest, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. Police officers shot rubber pellets, tear gas, and threw rocks as they sought…

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Emmy-winning, Spanish-language reporter Mario Guevara pictured on July 5, 2012, in Lilburn, Georgia. (Photo: AP Photo/David Goldman)

CPJ, Free Press lead call for journalist Mario Guevara’s release from ICE detention

The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press led a coalition of 28 local and national press freedom, civil rights, human rights, and First Amendment organizations in a joint statement calling for journalist Mario Guevara’s immediate release from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after 100 days in detention since his June 14 arrest. An Emmy-winning, Spanish-language reporter…

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Mario Guevara covers a protest against immigration enforcement on Buford Highway in the Atlanta area on Feb. 1.(Miguel Martinez / Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP).

Journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation after US appeals court decision

New York, September 19, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press express outrage that journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation back to his native El Salvador after the Board of Immigration Appeals on Friday re-opened his 13-year-old immigration case, declining to release him on bond.  “We are outraged that journalist Mario Guevara was initially…

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Lima Mayor Rafael López Aliaga suggested Peruvian journalist Gustavo Gorriti should be killed at a September 9 press conference for the inauguration of the city’s Via Expresa Sur construction project. (Screenshot: Rafael López Aliaga/YouTube)

CPJ signs joint statement condemning Peruvian mayor’s death threat against journalist

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined more than 300 journalists from 25 countries—representing 62 international press freedom organizations—in a solidarity statement supporting IDL-Reporteros founder and director Gustavo Gorriti after Lima, Peru Mayor Rafael López Aliaga suggested the journalist should be killed at a September 9 press conference inaugurating the first 5 kilometers of the city’s Via Expresa Sur construction project. Gorriti,…

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Guy Delva, leader of Haitian press freedom group SOS Journalistes protection initiative, said he believes the police intend to arrest him after he was told that the Haitian government complained about his advocacy work. (Photo: Reuters/ Jean Feguens Regala).

CPJ calls on Haitian authorities to ensure media leader’s protection after threats

Miami, September 11, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Haitian authorities to end their harassment of Guy Delva, leader of Haitian press freedom group SOS Journalistes protection initiative, and to ensure the journalist can work safely without fear of threats. Delva told CPJ that he has been threatened at least two times in the street by unidentified men, and he believes…

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Newly proposed restrictions would permit reporters entry into the U.S. for 240 days, or 90 days for Chinese nationals, with the possibility to renew their visas based on length of their journalistic assignment. (Photo: Reuters/Jeenah Moon)

CPJ urges Trump administration to drop proposed changes to journalist visas 

Washington, D.C., September 9, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Trump administration to drop proposed changes that would shorten the length of foreign media visas, known as “I visas,” for journalists working in the United States. Currently, such visas can be extended up to five years based on employment and compliance with local law. Newly proposed restrictions would…

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Rümeysa Öztürk’s student visa was revoked in retaliation for an op-ed she co-bylined in The Tufts Daily in March 2024.

CPJ joins legal effort to support PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined an amicus brief on August 25, 2025, authored by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) in support of Tufts University PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk in her appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Also joined by PEN America, Reporters Without Borders, and the…

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Court hears arguments on ACLU petition demanding Mario Guevara’s release

Brunswick, Georgia, August 27, 2025一Journalist Mario Guevara remains in detention after a judge requested more information in a federal court hearing Wednesday in which the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) petitioned for his immediate release.  Guevara’s legal team, including the ACLU, argued before U.S. Magistrate Judge Benjamin Cheesbro, of the U.S. District Court for the…

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Catholic and Evangelical religious people hold a long Honduras flag as they take part in a march called "Prayer Walk for Peace and Democracy" ahead of the November 2025 general elections, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, August 16, 2025. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez

CPJ, partners alert UN of press freedom crisis in Honduras ahead of UPR pre-sessions

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined six other international and local press freedom organizations in a joint statement alerting the UN Human Rights Council on the state of press freedom in Honduras ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) pre-sessions on Tuesday.  In the letter, the organizations expressed grave concern over recent attacks on journalists…

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