Since mid-September 2024, around twenty people linked to independent media, including journalists, project managers, activists, and content creators, have been summoned as "witnesses" in a criminal investigation. This includes freelance journalists Maria Lucia Exposito and Katia Sanchez.

Ambreen has been enduring relentless online abuse for her journalistic work, but the harassment escalated recently when a YouTube channel misidentified her in a photo with an athlete, falsely labeling her as his wife.

We stand with Forotan and all Afghan women journalists enduring these attacks while grappling with the trauma of gender apartheid imposed by the Taliban.

WPF strongly denounces bogus terror convictions, demands end to Kremlin's transnational repression of exiled journalists.

WPF strongly condemns violent assault, perpetrator must be prosecuted.

Women Press Freedom condemns the harassment and threats targeting Pagina/12's journalist Luciana Bertoia by the criminal group "Los Muertos Vivos."

WPF is outraged by the continued killing of journalists in Gaza, the Israeli bombardment on Gaza must end.

WPF condemns hostility against journalists covering critical events like the aftermath of shelling. Their swift documentation is vital for recording evidence of possible war crimes.

Women Press Freedom strongly condemns violence against journalists covering political events.

Police raid Kurdish organizations and cultural centers in Amed, detaining 28 people, including Rojda Yıldız, the editor of the feminist publication Jineology Magazine. The detainees were taken to the Diyarbakır Counter-Terrorism Department, where a confidentiality order was imposed, raising serious concerns about transparency.

These charges, part of a broader crackdown on international journalists, aim to intimidate the press and restrict coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Bianet editor stands accused of breaking a confidentiality order. WPF demands bogus charge is dropped.

11 journalists charged and four behind bars for nine months.

Women Press Freedom commends the court's decision to sentence a former intelligence director of Colombia's now-defunct Administrative Security Department (DAS) to 12 years in prison for his involvement in the persecution, harassment, and illegal actions against journalist Claudia Julieta Duque.

WPF denounces online harassment that followed investigation into business practices.

This arbitrary denial of entry follows a pattern of intimidation in Hong Kong.

Director of the independent outlet sent soiled threatening letter, follows multiple attacks on Faktograf staff.

Women Press Freedom stands in solidarity with journalist Sandra Chindoy and vehemently denounces the despicable attacks and racist insults she has endured following her courageous reporting on corruption in the Carlos Galán mayor's office.

Women Press Freedom condemns attacks, demands immediate protection from authorities.

Police briefly detained reporter Mariam Shaban from East Africa TV, along with Nipashe journalist Jenifer Gilla, while they covered a banned protest organized by the opposition Chadema party in Dar es Salaam.