

‘We returned from hell’: Palestinian journalists recount torture in Israeli prisons
Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of physical, psychological, and sexual violence. Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abdel Aal remembers the moment the ear-splitting music started. For five days, he said, he was held blindfolded in a room in an Israeli detention site, stripped and beaten, while loud Hebrew and English songs played at an unrelenting […]

‘I literally felt naked’: Angolan journalist Teixeira Cândido targeted with Predator spyware
Angolan journalist and lawyer Teixeira Cândido wants to know who targeted him with spyware, and he wants justice. “First and foremost, we must seek to find out who the entities are that have acquired these spyware tools,” Cândido told CPJ, as findings published by Amnesty International’s Security Lab show that a malicious link sent in […]

Freed Venezuelan journalist says time behind bars ‘made me feel desperate’
Following the January 3 American military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the country’s interim government has released hundreds of political prisoners, among them journalist Nakary Ramos. Venezuelan journalist Nakary Ramos was detained last year amid a broader crackdown on the press in the country. Ramos, 29, was arrested with her videographer husband, Gianni […]
