Women Press Freedom stands resolutely in solidarity with Arzu Yıldız, an investigative journalist from Turkiye forced into exile after facing persistent threats and persecution for her work. Yıldız's experience is emblematic of the broader crackdown on press freedom under President Tayyip Erdoğan's regime, where dissent is aggressively stifled. We unequivocally condemn the targeting and persecution of journalists by President Tayyip Erdoğan's government.

Azerbaijani authorities have detained Sevinj Vagifgizi, the Editor-in-Chief of Abzas Media, along with the media outlet's director, Ulvi Hasanli.

KIKS Kosova journalists, Ardiana Thaçi Mehmeti and Erjona Gjikolli reported receiving death threats in the aftermath of their investigative report on the singer Eroll Murati.

CFWIJ and WPF are concerned by the disappearance of journalist Minnie Chan following her attendance at a security conference in Beijing.

Regina was targeted with verbal attacks and intimidation on the evening of November 30 while covering the upcoming Consultative Referendum on the Essequibo territory, set to take place on December 3.

In a concerted effort to address the plight of detained journalists in Russia, The Coalition For Women In Journalism and Women Press Freedom join fourteen leading press freedom and First Amendment organizations to call upon U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken for decisive action.

In a shocking display of hostility towards press freedom, Viviana Llorente from Noticias RCN has become the target of harassment and death threats.

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.

Palestinian journalist Amal Zohd, along with her entire family, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City hours before the humanitarian pause began.

CFWIJ and WPF condemns the unwarranted legal harassment faced by Iranian journalist Maryam Shokrani, the economic editor of Iran's Shargh newspaper.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism is devastated by the tragic loss of two Palestinian women journalists, Alaa Taher Al Hassanat and Ayat Al-Khadour, who were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism and Women Press Freedom applauds the recent decision by a Bogotá Superior District Court to convict a former Colombian state security agent of aggravated psychological torture against journalist Claudia Julieta Duque between 2001 and 2004.

CFWIJ extends its deepest condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of the late journalist Luz Piedad Eusse, known affectionately as Lupi, who tragically lost her life during a racing event.

Journalist Saeideh Shafiei commenced her three-and-a-half-year prison sentence at Tehran's Evin prison today.

Armed men in the violence-plagued state of Guerrero kidnapped Journalist Silvia Nayssa Arce, her husband Alberto Sánchez, and journalist Marco Antonio Toledo with his wife and son on November 19 and 22 respectively.