Egyptian authorities continue to prevent the detained journalist, Hisham Abdelaziz, from access to necessary medical care as his health worsens, amid growing fears of the risk of his vision loss after becoming deaf, in a flagrant violation of local laws and international conventions.

The Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) has strongly condemned the arrest of women journalists Malika Hashemi, Saeeda Shafie and Mehrnoush Zareiand and their transfer to notorious Evin Prison.

The Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) has denounced the imprisonment threat from a cabinet minister to the Sudanese journalist Abdelrahman El Ajeb for reasons related to his journalistic work.

Amid a nonstop crackdown on journalists and media professionals since last year, the Iranian authorities has recently arrested another female journalist called Malika Hashemi.

The Saudi specialized criminal court issued an 8-year prison sentence against Ziyad Al-Sufiani, an journalist and Wikipedia editor, on charges that violate his right to express opinion, according to Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC).

The Yemeni journalist Marwan al-Muraisi has been forcibly disappeared by the Saudi authorities so far.