Press Releases

The confirmation of the extrajudicial execution of six children belonging to Dr. Rania al‑Abbasi—Syrian dentist, national chess champion,

Severe sentences issued by the specialized counter‑terrorism chamber of the Tunis Court of First Instance in the case widely known as the “Secret Apparatus of Ennahda Movement” have sparked widespread condemnation.

The sentencing of writer and political activist Ahmed Douma to one year in prison with labor by an Egyptian court on 3 June 2026 has been strongly condemned.

The dangerous escalation of repression by Tunisian authorities against judges, lawyers, and independent judicial voices has drawn strong condemnation from Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC).

The severe escalation by Israeli occupation forces against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip has drawn strong condemnation from Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC).

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) unequivocally condemns the Israeli military strikes that claimed the lives of six Lebanese paramedics

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) expresses profound concern over grave violations perpetrated by Israeli forces against the "Global Flotilla of Resilience" and the international human rights defenders on board.

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) has reviewed consistent evidence pointing to an escalating pattern of arbitrary detention, sectarian profiling, and forced deportation targeting Pakistani nationals residing in the United Arab Emirates during 2026.

Women Journalists Without Chains stated that the case of abducted Yemeni politician Mohammed Qahtan remains one of the most serious and prolonged cases of enforced disappearance associated with the conflict in Yemen,

Women Journalists Without Chains expresses its gravest condemnation of the continued and systematic targeting of media professionals and healthcare workers in Lebanon by Israeli occupation forces.

GENEVA — Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) issues this urgent appeal to the international community, expressing its most rigorous condemnation of the arbitrary legal and security measures perpetrated by Israeli occupation authorities against humanitarian activists Tiago Ávila (Brazil) and Saif Abu Kashk (Spain).

Geneva/Aden — Women Journalists Without Chains strongly condemns the killing of Wissam Qaed, Acting Executive Director of the Social Fund for Development, who was abducted and subsequently killed in the city of Aden on Sunday, May 3, 2026;