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Kuwaiti U.S. journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin detained in Kuwait after social media posts
The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling for the release of Kuwaiti American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin after he was detained in Kuwait over social media posts during military escalations in the Iran war.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ahmed-shihab-eldin-journalist-kuwait-detention-social-media-posts-9.7163008?cmp=rss

Gerd_Brodowski Apr 14

#kuwait #usa #israel #iran : #warofaggression / #gulfstates / #domesticpolicy / #humanrights / #journalism / #repression / #nationalunity / #erosion

„The #detention of a prize-winning international journalist over his reporting of a friendly fire incident in Kuwait is raising questions about the crackdown on #freedomofspeech across the #MiddleEast as a result of the US-Israel war with Iran, the #CommitteetoProtectJournalists has warned.“

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/14/detention-journalist-ahmed-shihab-eldin-kuwait-crackdown-freedom-speech-iran-war

Detention of journalist in Kuwait raises questions about crackdown on freedom of speech

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was arrested after reporting on friendly fire incident during US conflict with Iran

The Guardian

Bulatlat Philippines Apr 7

SC decision on Rappler case: Another victory for press freedom
This triumph is a testament that winning is possible if people choose to fight.
The post SC decision on Rappler case: Another victory for press freedom appeared first on Bulatlat.
https://www.bulatlat.com/2026/04/07/sc-decision-on-rappler-case-another-victory-for-press-freedom/

#bulatlat #philippines #MediaFreedomFreeExpression #CommitteetoProtectJournalists #Defendpressfreedom #MariaRessa

SC decision on Rappler case: Another victory for press freedom

This triumph is a testament that winning is possible if people choose to fight.

Bulatlat

The Japan Times Mar 13

Tokyo should press Tehran to free detained journalists and urge all sides in the conflict between Iran, the United States and Israel to protect civilians. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/03/13/japan/japan-iran-release-people-in-detention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #nhk #shinnosukekawashima #iran #evinprison #humanrights #humanrightswatch #us #israel #reporterswithoutborders #committeetoprotectjournalists #un

Japan should urge Iran to release people in detention

A Japanese government spokesperson has confirmed that Iranian authorities detained a Japanese national on Jan. 20 and Tokyo has been urging Tehran to release them.

The Japan Times

Urban Wronski Writes Mar 11

The First Casualty

They told you Iran's missiles were being swatted from the sky. They told you the Iron Dome was holding, the Patriot batteries were working, US and Israeli air power was surgical and winning. They told you this on the ABC. They told you this on Sky. They were telling you nonsense. MIT Professor Ted Postol — the man who proved the Patriot missile failed in the Gulf War while presidents were claiming a 97 percent success rate — has now established that current intercept rates against Iranian missiles run at a few percent at most. The systems are depleting. The decoys are multiplying. The official story is, in his own carefully chosen word, a fraud. The first casualty of war is truth. But the deeper insight, the one Phillip Knightley identified fifty years ago, is that the lies are not random. They serve purposes. And right now, they are serving purposes that Australians have every right to examine.

https://urbanwronski.com/2026/03/11/the-first-casualty-2/

The Japan Times Feb 26

A record 129 journalists and media workers were killed in the course of their work in 2025, two-thirds of them by Israel, the Committee to Protect Journalists says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/26/world/journalists-129-killed-2025-israel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #journalism #media #committeetoprotectjournalists #israelidefenseforces

Record 129 journalists and media workers killed in 2025, mostly by Israel

Last year marked the second consecutive year that two-thirds of them were killed by Israel, the Committee to Protect Journalists says.

The Japan Times

The Electronic Intifada [Unofficial]Feb 17

Livestream: The genocide is a "mass disabling event"

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/eli-gerzon/livestream-genocide-mass-disabling-event

The Electronic Intifada [Unofficial]Feb 12

CPJ scrapped "Impunity Index" to shield Israel, whistleblowers say

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/cpj-scrapped-impunity-index-shield-israel-whistleblowers-say

The Electronic Intifada [Unofficial]Dec 18

Is Committee to Protect Journalists scared of its pro-Israel donors?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://electronicintifada.net/content/committee-protect-journalists-scared-its-pro-israel-donors/51122

Jocelyn Sep 3, 2025

#Israel is “engaging in the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that #CPJ has ever documented”

"#TheGuardian is printing the names of all the [189] #Palestinian #journalists listed by the CPJ as having died as a result of #Israeli military action since October 2023… in #Gaza.

#warCrimes #IDF #CommitteeToProtectJournalists

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2025/sep/01/israel-gaza-war-media-palestinian-journalists-killed-cpj