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View More NewsNew York, September 7, 2026 —Tunisian authorities must immediately release journalist Mohamed Yousfi, a well-known critic of President Kais Saied’s government, and end its use of financial crime allegations to target members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. On Friday, September 4, police from the financial crimes unit arrested Yousfi, editor-in-chief of local investigative news website Al-Katiba, as he was preparing to enter private radio station Express FM for a talk show to discuss Tunisia’s ongoing water crisis. Authorities questioned him about his work at Al-Katiba, his Facebook posts, and alleged financial offenses, according to a…
The Committee to Protect Journalists was joined Monday by 16 civil society organizations in calling on the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to immediately release Nyala Radio journalists Ishraqah Abdulrahman, Zahraa Muhammad Al-Hassan, and Mawahib Ibrahim, who have been detained in South Darfur since February 28. CPJ and its partners expressed alarm over reports that the journalists’ health has deteriorated after nearly six months in detention, including significant weight loss, fever, and other untreated health complications. The statement calls on the RSF to provide Abdulrahman, al-Hassan, and Ibrahim with the necessary medical care, disclose the whereabouts of missing…
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