3 resultsfor “Committee to Protect Journalists statement on Shihab-Eldin”
Committee to Protect Journalists said Shihab-Eldin had not been seen in public since 2 March, after being detained by Kuwaiti authorities during a crackdown by Gulf nations on people filming or posting footage from
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who has previously worked for PBS, HuffPost, [the New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/middleeast/kuwait-shihab-eldin-journalist-detained.html), the [BBC](https://www.ahmedshihabeldin.com/) and Al Jazeera, was [arrested](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/14/detention-journalist-ahmed-shihab-eldin-kuwait-crackdown-freedom-speech-iran-war)
Committee to Protect Journalists has warned. Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, born in the US and a Kuwaiti national, was arrested on 3 March during a brief visit to Kuwait. He published footage