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After 19 months of war and Israel’s 11-week total blockade on food, water, fuel, cooking gas, medical supplies, and emergency aid into #Gaza, hunger and famine threaten not just lives, but the media’s very ability to bear witness. cpj.org/2025/05/murder…

#Gaza: Journalists cannot carry out their work — let alone survive — while being deliberately starved and denied life-saving aid. #غزة: لا يمكن للصحفيين القيام بعملهم – ناهيك عن البقاء على قيد الحياة – وهم يُجوّعون عمدًا ويُحرمون من المساعدات المنقذة للحياة.

As Gaza faces a humanitarian catastrophe, Palestinian journalists are among those being deliberately starved and denied life-saving aid. CPJ urges global leaders to act now: to protect the Palestinian press, ensure accountability, allow international media access, and finally…

#Egypt🇪🇬: A media company linked to Egyptian authorities suspended three prominent television programs after their hosts criticized the government and road safety failures, raising concerns about media control by state-aligned entities. cpj.org/2025/07/egypts…

#Egypt🇪🇬: A year ago, Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar was arrested solely for his journalism. When his wife bravely spoke out, she was detained & accused of spreading false news. Today, Ashraf remains behind bars—a haunting symbol of Egypt’s ruthless crackdown on press freedom.

In #Gaza, journalism is not just under siege, it’s deliberately being starved. These are the reporters who stayed on the ground while their international counterparts were either pulled out or denied entry. politico.eu/article/war-in…

#غزة: "بسبب الجوع، أفقد التركيز وأنسى المعلومات أثناء تقاريري المباشرة"، يقول صالح الناطور، مراسل التلفزيون “العربي” في غزة، لـ”لجنة حماية الصحفيين”. في غزة، الجوع والمجاعة لا يُهددان الأرواح فحسب، بل أيضًا قدرة الإعلام على تقديم شهاداته. cpj.org/ar/2025/05/%d8…

#Gaza: “Due to hunger, I lose focus and forget information during my live TV reports,” Saleh Al-Natoor, Gaza correspondent for Al Araby TV, told CPJ. Hunger and famine threaten not just lives, but the media’s very ability to bear witness. cpj.org/2025/05/murder…

#Tunisia: @pressfreedom and 36 other civil society organizations call for the immediate release of Tunisian commentator Sonia Dahmani, who's unjust trial dire prison conditions became a symbol of Tunisia’s growing repression of dissent. cpj.org/2024/07/tunisi…

"The convoy wasn’t as we had left it. The convoy which had set out to break the Gaza siege was itself besieged. The siege was imposed by forces under the authority of General Khalifa Haftar under the pretext of 'security'" - ⁦@MontassarSinkez⁩ meshkal.org/journalist-gaz…

#Tunisia: Today is the last chance organizations can sign-on and join @pressfreedom's call for the release of Tunisian commentator Sonia Dahmani, who is serving nearly 5 years in prison for media commentary. Sign here: shorturl.at/0AGvW cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-pa…

#Tunisia 🇹🇳: We, along 10 rights groups, condemn Tunisia’s 2-year sentence against WHRD Ramlah Dahmani under Decree 54. Her “crime”? Speaking out about abuses against her sister, lawyer #Sonia_Dahmani. This is judicial harassment, plain & simple. skylineforhuman.org/en/news/detail…

#Tunisia: @pressfreedom was joined by 31 other CSOs in calling for the immediate release of Sonia Dahmani, jailed in Tunisia since May 2024 for her media commentary. Organizations can still sign on until Thursday, July 17: cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-pa…

#Tunisia🇹🇳: UN experts alarmed by deteriorating #HumanRights situation of lawyers, call on the Govt to comply with int'l standards ensuring lawyers are able to carry out their professional duties without intimidation, hindrance, harassment or interference. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

🌐 #Israel’s government used the Iran war to ramp up censorship and attacks on journalists, targeting Arab reporters and shutting down critical media. @CPJMENA exposes these serious threats to #PressFreedom. buff.ly/CubCwko