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🧵 U.S. Secretary of State @SecRubio will host his G20 counterparts on 10/30 in Atlanta, GA. If the Trump administration wants to advance its economic mission to drive American growth and deliver results, a free and thriving media is vital. Here’s why ⤵️
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Under President Trump, the United States is returning the G20 to its core mission: Driving economic growth, strengthening economic security, and delivering real results.
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Atlanta, where @SecRubio will welcome G20 ministers, is home to @CNN, repeatedly bashed by Trump, from personal insults hurled at its journalists to banning it from the White House, a move Secretary Rubio has defended.
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Atlanta is where journalist Mario Guevara was arrested in 2025 while reporting. ICE held him for 100+ days and deported him to El Salvador, a country he had fled 20+ years ago. Reporting on immigrant communities is highly relevant to the U.S. economy. cpj.org/2025/07/timeline-rep…
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To mark the International Day of Political Prisoners, CPJ has joined the October 30 Coalition of human rights organizations in issuing a joint statement to call for international attention for political prisoners, their releases, and for accountability.
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Thank you Sen. @ChrisVanHollen for calling on Egyptian authorities to stop their assault on press freedom. @MadaMasr must be allowed to operate freely, authorities must immediately stop intimidating @Linaattalah, and Matsadaash journalists must be released.
Yesterday, after weeks of escalating crackdowns, Egypt’s govt shut down Mada Masr, one of the country’s leading independent outlets, & convicted its editor-in-chief, Lina Attalah.
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They must reverse this decision & stop their assault on press freedoms.
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Journalism is not a crime.
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“The importance of safety training and resources for journalists in the U.S. has never been greater,” says CPJ's Chief Emergencies Officer Lucy Westcott.
Here are 5 ways journalists can protect themselves while covering elections🧵👇
#USA - The 2026 U.S. midterm elections are next week. Intensifying attacks against journalists in the U.S. mean newsrooms should already be preparing their staff and freelancers not only for Election Day, but what comes next in the weeks and months ahead.
cpj.org/2026/10/how-journali…
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Committee to Protect Journalists retweeted
In less than two weeks, Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah was called in for questioning, tried, convicted, and fined, and her website was ordered closed. Americans don’t want their tax dollars to be sent to governments that terrorize journalists for telling the truth.
CPJ and 128 organizations condemn the conviction of Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of the independent Egyptian news outlet @MadaMasr, and denounce the court’s order to shut down one of the country’s last remaining independent newsrooms.
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CPJ’s new Impunity Action List sets out the essential steps for authorities to champion justice for journalists. We call on government authorities to take the following essential actions to stem the murder of journalists and end impunity. ⤵️
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#EndImpunity
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To mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, CPJ is recognizing five emblematic cases to underscore how elusive the path to justice often is for journalists, and the tragic impact of their killings👇
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#EndImpunity #IDEI
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Javier Valdez Cárdenas covered crime + corruption in Mexico, before being shot to death in 2017 near the offices of Riodoce, the investigative weekly he co-founded. In 2011, CPJ honored Cárdenas with the International Press Freedom Award. cpj.org/data/people/javier-v…
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Ahmed Divela was threatened and doxxed for reporting on corruption in the Ghana Football Association. After 2 men shot and killed him in 2019, his brothers were threatened for speaking out about his murder. Suspects were arrested, then released. cpj.org/data/people/ahmed-hu…
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