On April 19, 2025, security personnel from the "Security Belt" at the Farsha checkpoint in Al-Turba, southern Yemen, blocked numerous travelers from northern governorates, particularly Taiz, from entering the temporary capital, Aden.

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) has strongly condemned the sweeping prison sentences handed down by the Tunisian judiciary on April 19, warning that the rulings mark a grave assault on civil liberties and judicial independence in the country.

It began with the smell of burning fabric. Inside the walls of Badr 3 Correctional and Rehabilitation Center—where silence is enforced by surveillance cameras, constant light, and isolation—a group of detainees set fire to their prison blankets. It was not an act of violence, but a desperate cry.

On Sunday, April 13, 2025, a horrifying incident unfolded in the southern Yemeni governorate of Abyan, where Counter-Terrorism Forces affiliated with the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) committed an appalling act.

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) expresses grave alarm and unequivocal condemnation of the heinous atrocities perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur, particularly in Umm Kadada and the Zamzam and Abu Shouk displacement camps.

On Thursday, April 10, 2025, the Houthi militia committed a horrific crime in al-Hodeidah Governorate, launching a drone strike that targeted a civilian home in the village of Bayt Bish, north of Hays district.

The Gaza Strip is currently enduring one of the most catastrophic humanitarian crises in recent history. Home to over two million Palestinians, the territory has been placed under an intense and unrelenting blockade by Israeli occupation forces.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has intensified its use of the death penalty as a political tool, leveraging executions to stifle dissent and project control.

The ongoing conflict in Yemen echoes through the sound of rockets and the deadly blast of landmines, leaving civilians—especially children—bearing the tragic consequences of a war beyond their choosing.

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) expresses deep alarm over the ongoing and unlawful detention of Oqba Hashad by Egyptian authorities, a grave injustice now stretching into its seventh year.

Today marks ten painful years since the Houthi militia forcibly abducted the prominent Yemeni politician Mohammed Qahtan from his home in Sana’a, subjecting him to enforced disappearance in an undisclosed location.

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) has condemned the actions of Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip as unprecedented crimes in the history of warfare.