April 18
Tunisia: Tunisian Journalist Mohamed Boughaleb Sentenced to 6 Months in Prison for Defamation
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Tunisian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release journalist Mohamed Boughaleb after he was convicted by a Tunis court… Read more »
Egypt: CPJ, Others Request Update On Egyptian Journalist Alaa Abdelfattah From UN Working Group On Arbitrary Detention
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 26 press freedom and human rights organizations in an April 17 letter to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) seeking… Read more »
April 15
Algeria: CPJ Condemns Expulsion of Journalist Farid Alilat On Arrival At Algiers Airport
The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Algerian authorities to allow Farid Alilat, a journalist and Algerian citizen, to enter the country without fear of arrest, after he was… Read more »
April 03
Tunisia: Tunisian Authorities Arrest, Charge Journalist Mohamed Boughaleb
Tunisian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Mohamed Boughaleb and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said… Read more »
March 04
Morocco: Morocco Prison Confiscates Journalist's Letter to Wife, Prompting Hunger Strike
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Moroccan prison authorities' decision to prevent imprisoned journalist Soulaiman Raissouni from sending a letter to his wife and… Read more »
January 04
Tunisia: Al-Jazeera Journalist Samir Sassi Arrested On Undisclosed Charges in Tunisia
The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that Tunisian authorities arrested journalist Samir Sassi and calls for his immediate and unconditional release. Read more »
January 02
Tunisia: Tunisian Journalist Zied El-Heni Arrested After Criticizing Commerce Minister
Tunisian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Zied el-Heni and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. Read more »
December 13, 2023
Algeria: Algerian Prosecutor Requests One-Year Sentence for Journalist Mustapha Bendjama
Algerian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Mustapha Bendjama and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on… Read more »
October 31, 2023
Egypt: Govt Bans Mada Masr Website for 6 Months Over Report On Israel-Gaza War
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Egypt's Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) to revoke its six-month ban on the independent news website Mada Masr over its… Read more »
October 12, 2023
Algeria: Algerian Prosecutor Requests 5-Year Prison Sentence for Journalist Saad Bouakba
Algerian authorities must drop all charges against journalist Saad Bouakba and refrain from prosecuting members of the press over their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists… Read more »
September 29, 2023
Morocco: Morocco Expels French Journalists Quentin Müller and Thérèse Di Campo
Around 3 a.m. on September 20, about 10 plainclothes police officers arrested French journalists Quentin Müller and Thérèse Di Campo in their hotel in Morocco's… Read more »
August 23, 2023
Algeria: Prosecutor Requests 3-Year Sentence for Journalist Mustapha Bendjama
The Committee to Protect Journalists called for Algerian authorities to immediately release journalist Mustapha Bendjama on Wednesday, after a prosecutor requested that he be… Read more »
Egypt: Authorities Arrest Father of Freelance Journalist Ahmed Gamal Ziada
Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Gamal Abdelhamid Ziada and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. Read more »
August 20, 2023
Egypt: Egyptian Journalist Karim Asaad's Whereabouts Unknown Following Arrest
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Egyptian authorities to immediately release journalist Karim Asaad following his arrest on Saturday, August 19. Read more »
July 19, 2023
Morocco: CPJ Condemns Court's Rejection of Appeals By Jailed Journalists Soulaiman Raissouni and Omar Radi
In response to news reports that the Moroccan court of cassation in Rabat on Tuesday rejected the final appeals of jailed journalists Soulaiman Raissouni and Omar Radi, the… Read more »
June 21, 2023
Tunisia: Authorities Arrest Journalist Zied El-Heni for Allegedly Insulting President
Tunisian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release journalist Zied el-Heni, the Committee to Protect journalists said Wednesday. Read more »
April 03, 2023
North Africa: Algerian Authorities Sentence Journalist Ihsane El-Kadi to 5 Years in Prison, Dissolve Outlets Radio M and Maghreb Emergent
In response to news reports that an Algerian court sentenced journalist Ihsane el-Kadi to five years in prison on Sunday and dissolved the local independent broadcaster Radio M and… Read more »
March 06, 2023
Egypt: Trial to Start Tuesday for 3 Mada Masr Journalists
In response to reports that three journalists from the Egyptian independent news website Mada Masr are scheduled to face trial on Tuesday, March 7, on charges of misusing social… Read more »
December 27, 2022
North Africa: Algerian Authorities Arrest Journalist Ihsane El-Kadi, Shutter Outlets Radio M and Maghreb Emergent
Algerian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Ihsane el-Kadi and allow the local independent broadcaster Radio M and news website Maghreb Emergent to… Read more »
November 14, 2022
Egypt: Egyptian Authorities Arrest Journalist Ahmed Fayez for Reporting On Alaa Abdelfattah
Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Ahmed Fayez and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. Read more »
October 14, 2022
Algeria: Algerian Journalist Nadir Kerri Briefly Detained and Placed Under Judiciary Control
On October 11, 2022 Algerian authorities arrested journalist Nadir Kerri, editor-in-chief of local independent news website Autojazair, specializing in automotive news in Algiers,… Read more »
September 09, 2022
Algeria: Algerian Journalist Belkacem Haouam Arrested, Held in Pretrial Detention
Algerian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Belkacem Haouam and cease detaining journalists for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists… Read more »
September 06, 2022
Egypt: Authorities Summon Four Journalists for Interrogation
In response to news reports that Egyptian authorities recently summoned four journalists from the independent news website Mada Masr for interrogation, the Committee to Protect… Read more »
May 02, 2022
Egypt: Imprisoned Egyptian Journalist Sister Sanaa Seif - 'Since the Book Is Out, His Voice Is Out Too'
When Egyptian Journalist Alaa Abdelfattah was rearrested in September 2019 for sharing a tweet with allegations of wrongdoing by a state security officer, he ended up back in… Read more »
April 26, 2022
Egypt: CPJ Welcomes Egypt's Release of Two Journalists, Says Others Must Also Be Freed
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes news reports that Egypt has included journalists Mohamed Salah and Abdo Fayed among its latest prisoner releases, but calls on… Read more »