Women Journalists Without Chains

Kidnapped journalists sent to Specialized Criminal Court, WJWC expresses deep concern

Women Journalists Without Chains called on the United Nations to create an international commission of inquiry into serious human rights violations committed in Aden and Hadhramaut by military and security forces of the United Arab Emirates, expose the perpetrators of these violations and bring them to justice.

Afrah Nasser named among 2017 International Press Freedom Winners, WJWC congratulates

Yemeni Belqees TV has has strongly condemned in a statement the incitement against its staff members in Aden, the interim capital Yemen, accusing certain parties in the city of being behind the assault.

Journalist al-Suhaibi threatened with physical liquidation, WJWC denounces

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) received a report from journalist Ahmed al-Suhaibi working for Yemen Monitor news website in Taiz province, that he was threatened with physical liquidation via SMS on July 17, 2017.

WJWC records 115 attacks and hostile acts against journalists in first half of 2017

A total of 115 attacks and other hostile acts were committed against journalists in the first half of 2017 simply for doing their jobs, according to the semi-annual report compiled by Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC), the pro-journalist non-governmental organization in Yemen.

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WJWC congratulates Afrah Nasser on being among 2017 International Press Freedom Winners (Press Releases) 19 July 2017
Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) has congratulated journalist Afrah Nasser on 2017 International Press Freedom Prize.
Abducted Journalists transferred to criminal court, WJWC voices concerns (Press Releases) 19 July 2017
Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) voices deep concern after ten Yemeni journalists abducted by the Houthi militia were transferred to the Specialized Criminal...
Journalist al-Suhaibi threatened with physical liquidation, WJWC denounces (Press Releases) 18 July 2017
Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) received a report from journalist Ahmed al-Suhaibi working for Yemen Monitor news website in Taiz province, that he was...

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Kidnapped journalists sent to Specialized Criminal Court, WJWC expresses deep concern

19 July 2017

Houthi-Saleh militias have sent 10 abducted journalists to the Specialized Criminal Court in the capital Sana’a on Wednesday in preparation for their trial.

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Participants in WJWC’s forum call for release of all journalists detained in militia prisons

23 April 2017

In a forum entitled “Under Repression… the State of Press Freedoms in Yemen”, participants have stressed the need to release journalists being held captive in prisons of Saleh-Houthi militias.