Americas

September 25, 2026, Miami—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Cuban government to release journalist Henry Constantín, director of La Hora de Cuba. Constantín has been detained since September 16 in Camagüey under investigation for alleged “disobedience,” according to La Hora de Cuba’s website. Constantín, who is also vice president of the Inter American…

CPJ joined civil society organizations in a letter to the U.S. Senate on September 23, urging senators to co-sponsor and vote “yes” on Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s Section 502B(c) privileged resolution requiring the U.S. State Department to report to Congress on escalating human rights violations in the West Bank, including the killings of U.S. citizens….

New York, September 21, 2026—U.S.-based news organizations, including the Associated Press, Bloomberg, New York Times, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post have joined a statement affirming the importance of a free press after President Donald Trump barred journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House. The statement, organized by the Committee…

The Committee to Protect Journalists, PEN International, and other 34 freedom of expression and press freedom organizations and media outlets, signed a joint statement condemning a new criminal complaint filed on August 17 by the Asociación Civil San Juan Bautista (ACSJB) against Peruvian investigative journalist Paola Ugaz. The complaint is the latest in a series of legal…

Miami, September 18, 2026—President Donald Trump’s order to ban news outlets CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House news coverage violates First Amendment rights and is an alarming escalation of how far this administration will go to control the narrative and silence critical, fact-based, news coverage, said the Committee to Protect Journalists on Friday….

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 14 other press freedom and civil society organizations in condemning the detention of Miami-based journalist Luis Galeano by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and called for his immediate release. Galeano, director of the Spanish-language outlet Café con Voz, was detained September 14 while working as a rideshare driver. He…

The Committee to Protect Journalists and nine partner organizations sent a joint letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging him to press for the immediate release of imprisoned journalists during upcoming high-level meetings with senior Vietnamese officials. The public letter, released September 16, urges Rubio to prioritize the humanitarian release of Vietnamese journalists Le…

The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the U.S. Congress and the Trump administration to “resolutely demand” for the release of jailed Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai, ahead of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. U.S. authorities must use “all available diplomatic means and opportunities” to secure Lai’s freedom,…

Mexico City, September 15, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on U.S. immigration authorities to release Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano, director of the radio and internet program Café con Voz, who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on the morning of September 14 in Orlando, Florida. Galeano was detained while driving for…

Bogotá, September 14, 2026—Peruvian authorities must conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into an armed attack on the digital website La Noticia Clave, said the Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday. On the evening of September 10, unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle fired gunshots at the office of La Noticia Clave in the northern town of Lambayeque near the…