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Reports on violations against journalists

The key reports from international and Palestinian organizations that protect journalists, in one place. Every figure is quoted from its source with its date, and each link opens the report itself.

Our report

Half-year report: January – June 2026

Global Press Shield's reading of international figures on killings of and violations against journalists, worldwide and in Palestine, with our recommendations.

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Worldwide

Annual reports and international monitors covering journalists everywhere.

Report2026

Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

2026 World Press Freedom Index

  • Press freedom is at its lowest point in 25 years.
  • For the first time, over half of all countries are rated "difficult" or "very serious".
  • Press freedom declined in 100 of the 180 countries assessed.
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ReportAs of 1 December 2025

Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

2025 Round-up

  • 67 journalists killed, 503 detained, 135 missing and 20 held hostage.
  • Nearly half of the journalists killed in 2025 died in Gaza.
  • Largest jailers: China (121), Russia (48), Myanmar (47).
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ReportFebruary 2026

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Record number of journalists killed in 2025

  • 129 journalists and media workers killed in 2025, the most since CPJ began records in 1992.
  • Israel was responsible for two-thirds of the total: 86 killed.
  • Of 47 killings CPJ classified as murder, 81% were by Israel.
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ReportAs of 1 December 2025

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

2025 prison census

  • 330 journalists jailed for their work; over 300 for the fifth year running.
  • China (50), Myanmar (30), Israel (29 Palestinian journalists).
  • Nearly a third reported mistreatment; 20% reported torture or beatings.
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Report31 December 2025

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

2025 Killed List

  • 128 journalists and media workers killed in 2025.
  • Middle East and Arab world: 74 killed (58%), 56 of them in Palestine.
  • 533 journalists imprisoned worldwide.
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UNESCO

Observatory of Killed Journalists

  • More than 1,700 journalists killed worldwide between 2006 and 2024.
  • About 86% of these cases remain judicially unresolved.
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Palestine

Reports on Palestinian journalists in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem.

Live trackerAs of 24 September 2026

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war

  • At least 247 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, Israel and Iran since 7 October 2023.
  • Israel killed 241 of them, including 189 Palestinians in Gaza.
  • The deadliest war for the press CPJ has documented since 1992.
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ReportJanuary 2026

Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS)

2025 annual report

  • 63 journalists killed during 2025.
  • 256 journalists killed from the start of the war to the end of 2025.
  • With the IFJ, the Syndicate has filed complaints with the International Criminal Court.
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ReportAs of 1 December 2025

Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Gaza in the 2025 Round-up

  • Israeli forces have killed close to 220 journalists in Gaza since October 2023.
  • At least 65 of them were targeted because of their work or killed while reporting.
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Live trackerMonthly

MADA, Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms

Monthly violations reports

  • October 2025: 83 violations against journalists in the West Bank and Gaza, 78 by Israel.
  • August 2025: 79 violations, 76 by Israeli forces.
  • Since 2006 MADA documents violations by all parties, Palestinian ones included.
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ReportJune 2024 and March 2025

Forbidden Stories

The Gaza Project

  • 50 reporters from 13 international outlets investigated killings of journalists in Gaza and the West Bank.
  • The investigation found a pattern suggesting some journalists were targeted although identifiable as press.
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Report2025

ARTICLE 19

Call for an independent investigation

  • Calls for an independent international investigation into killings of journalists in Gaza since 7 October 2023.
  • Urges the International Criminal Court to investigate these killings.
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Why do the numbers differ? Each organization defines "journalist" and "killed because of their work" in its own way and verifies cases by its own standards, so totals vary. We quote each figure as published and never add them together.

Page last updated: 1 October 2026. Know a documented report we have missed? Write to us at info@gpshield.org