In Lebanon, security and judicial summonses persist as instruments employed by governmental bodies and factions to intimidate journalists
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Over the past decade, the independent Egyptian press, renowned in the Middle East and North Africa, has teetered on the brink of extinction.
Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) strongly condemns the arbitrary detention of Mujali Al-Samdi, Executive Director of Voice of Yemen Radio, in Taiz Governorate Security Prison on August 18, 2024.
On July 29, 2024, a local court in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq delivered a controversial ruling, sentencing journalist Suleiman Ahmed of "Roj News" to three years behind bars.
Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) has expressed deep concern over the assassination of Al Jazeera journalists Ismail Al-Ghoul and Rami Al-Rifai in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) has strongly condemned the abduction of journalist Fahmy Al-Alimi, who was kidnapped on Thursday morning by the Security Belt militia, affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council (STC).
A Tunisian court has sentenced lawyer Sania Dahmani to one year in prison for her comments on public affairs published on social media.
The Women Journalists Without Chains Organization (WJWC) has called on Iran's new administration to halt the widespread repression of journalists.
On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Women Journalists Without Chains highlighted the grim reality faced by journalists in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region,
Despite the passing of over two weeks since the killings of Sudanese journalists, Muawiyah Abdulrazzak and Makkawi Mohammed Ahmed, in separate attacks, no investigation has been launched into these heinous crimes.
On Tuesday, June 16, journalist Hiba Abu Taha was handed a one-year prison sentence by a Jordanian court for charges related to her journalistic activities and the exercise of her right to freedom of opinion and expression.
Women Journalists Without Chains has released its annual report titled "The Uncertain Fate of Press Freedom in MENA (Annual Report)," which delves into the state of press freedom throughout the MENA region in 2023. This publication coincides with the global observance of World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd.
Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) strongly condemns the attempted assassination of Mohammed Shabita, Secretary-General of the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate and Assistant Secretary-General of the Union of Arab Journalists, in Sana'a on Tuesday, May 8, 2024.