WPF vehemently condemns the targeting of Bangladeshi journalist Farzana Rupa who, along with her husband Shakil Ahmed, was detained after Sheikh Hasina's government was overthrown in August 2024. Charged with murder based on their journalism, they are part of a wider crackdown on journalists perceived as aligned with the previous regime. S

WPF strongly condemns the criminal charges brought against Ukrainian journalists Diana Butsko, Olesya Borovik, and CNN’s Nick Peyton Walsh by Russian federal security services for their coverage of Ukrainian military incursion into the Kursk region.

WPF strongly condemns Moscow's legal threats against Italian journalists Stefania Battistini and Simone Traini, who work for the Italian public broadcaster RAI. The journalists stand accused of "illegal border-crossing" after reporting on Ukraine’s counter-invasion in Russia's Kursk region.

WPF condemns the persecution of six journalists from Abzas Media—Nargiz Absalamova, Elnara Gasimova, Sevinc Vagifgizi, Ulvi Hasanli, Hafiz Babal, and Mammad Kekalov—who are facing multiple new criminal charges.

WPF condemns the Kremlin’s relentless legal harassment of exiled journalists under “foreign agent” law.

Women Press Freedom condemns the continued persecution of journalist who has faced years of harassment.

WPF stands in solidarity with Saskia Bonger, the editor-in-chief of TU Delft's university magazine Delta, following the undue legal pressure and subsequent censorship she faced over an article concerning social safety at the university.

Russian military forces detained Zhanna Kyseliova, editor of the Kakhovska Zoria newspaper, on June 27, 2024, in Kakhovka, Kherson, following a raid on her apartment.

WPF strongly condemns the conviction of Gwyneth Ho and 13 other pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong's largest national security case to date.

WPF stands resolutely behind Fabiola Cortés Miranda, an investigative journalist affiliated with the independent media outlet Periodismo en Colectivo and human rights organization Somos tus Ojos.

WPF vehemently condemns the recent actions taken by Moscow-installed authorities in Crimea against Lutfiye Zudiyeva, a Crimean Tatar journalist and activist, under the spurious charges of "misuse of freedom of mass media."

CFWIJ and WPF firmly stands against the unjust imprisonment of journalist Nasrin Hassani by Iranian authorities.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism and Women Press Freedom are deeply concerned and troubled by the recent developments in Russia involving the prosecution of Masha Gessen, an acclaimed Russian-American journalist and author.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism expresses grave concern and stands in solidarity with the Russian dissident authors Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan in light of the recent legal actions taken against their work.

Layal Alekhtiar, a prominent journalist with the pan-Arab channel Al-Arabiya, is under investigation by order of the Lebanese Military Court.