by Tareq S. Hajjaj | Jun 30, 2026 | attacks on journalists, Committee to Protect Journalists, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Lebanon, Op-Ed, Palestine
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)…
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by Sharon Zhang | Apr 15, 2026 | Committee to Protect Journalists, Francesca Albanese, Freedom Of Press, Iran, Journalism, Kuwait, News
Advocates are calling for the release of well-known American-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin from detention in Kuwait, where he has been detained for over a month after sharing content related to the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran. Shihab-Eldin was arrested by Kuwaiti authorities on March 3. The journalist, who has millions of followers across his social media platforms and has worked…
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by Sharon Zhang | Mar 30, 2026 | Committee to Protect Journalists, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, News, War Crimes
In a remarkably frank statement on Sunday, Israeli forces openly admitted to using a faked picture of a journalist they killed in Lebanon as supposed evidence that he was affiliated with armed groups. On Saturday, Israeli forces killed three journalists who were reporting on Israel’s expanded bombardments and ground invasion of Lebanon. They were in a clearly marked press car on their way to…
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