Press Releases

 Iraqi journalists and activists exercising their right to freedom of expression suffer a number of violations and abuses in different parts of the country,  Iraqi journalists and media workers are subject to varied violations, including abductions, enforced disappearances and physical assaults, in addition to preventing arbitrarily from covering activities or events taking place in some provinces, as in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

A year and a half after his arrest, the Cairo Criminal Court has renewed the detention of journalist Tawfiq Ghanem on Monday, October 10, for 45 days, according to the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms.

In a move that only underlines the Algerian authorities' continued prosecution and imprisonment of journalists on vague charges, the Algiers Judicial Council has postponed the appeal trial of journalist Ihsan El Kadi to next November 20.

The state of freedom of expression in Iran continues to worsen, especially under the recent campaign of arrests in which at least 36 journalists – both male and female — have been detained in the three weeks since demonstrations broke out over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, according to the Iranian Journalists Syndicate.

On October 12, 2022, a court of appeal in Tunisia is set to rule on the case of the activist Myriam Bribri subject to four-month prison sentence issued on December 21, 2021, for a Facebook comment criticizing the abuses by the security services.

The Women Journalist Without Chains (WJWC) expresses grave concern over the news reported by colleagues that the journalist Obad al-Jaradi has disappeared for three days in the Sana’a capital under the control of the Houthi militia. 

The Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) expresses its strong condemnation of the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council’s Security Belt Militia for breaking into the headquarters of the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate in Aden and stationing inside it.

The Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) strongly condemns the assault on journalist Noman Al-Asbahi and his detention without legal justification at the hands of security personnel in the al-Shamaitain District in Taiz Governorate, which constitutes a violation of the right to expression and an abuse of power.

The Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) condemns the threats against journalist Fouad Mus’ed, and arbitrary measures taken to prevent him and some other colleagues from being interviewed by satellite channels' broadcasting offices located in the Aden city under the control of the southern transitional council's militias.

The Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) condemns the physical and psychological torture of journalist Ahmed Maher and forcing him by the forces of the southern transitional council (STC) in Aden to confess through torture, and stresses that his videotaped confession is only evidence against his jailers.

The Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) condemns the threat of Dhahi Khalfan, the former Dubai police chief, to journalist Muhammad Abdul Malik by sharing - on his Twitter account - posts including his name and photo and demands for more information about him.

The Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) strongly condemns the illegal imprisonment of journalist Mishaal Al-Khubaji and the seizure of his personal mobile by order of the judge of Sira’s first instance in Aden Governorate on August 18, 2022 for reasons related to freedom of expression.