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Turkiye: Arzu Yıldız and Her Struggle for Journalistic Freedom
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.
Australia: Authorities Delay Visa for Masha Gessen Following Bogus Russian Sentencing
WPF is alarmed that the well-known journalist is facing issues traveling due to the Kremlin’s concerted and unjust transnational repression tactics
Russia: Moscow Court Sentences Ukrainian TV Presenter Natalia Moseychuk to 5 Years in Absentia
WPF condemns the sentencing of Ukrainian TV presenter Natalia Moseychuk to five years in prison by a Moscow court, in yet another transnational repression attack on press freedom.
Russia: Authorities Escalate Transnational Repression by Opening 2nd Case Against Exiled Olesya Shmagun
WPF condemns the Kremlin’s relentless legal harassment of exiled journalists under “foreign agent” law.
Russia: Exiled Journalist Elizaveta Surnacheva Facing Charges for Non-Compliance with “Foreign Agent” Law
Elizaveta Surnacheva is now facing a second prosecution for failing to comply with the reporting requirements imposed on those labeled as “foreign agents.”
Russia: Lyudmila Savitskaya Fined yet Again for Failing to Register as ‘Foreign Agent’
Exiled journalist Lyudmila Savitskaya has been subjected to continuous legal and financial harassment by the Russian regime, WPF is worryingly documenting.
Russia: Administrative Charges Filed Against Marfa Smirnova
WPF strongly condemns the ongoing persecution of journalists by the Russian government, which continues to label independent news outlets as “undesirable.”
Russia: Second Administrative Case Against Yulia Taratuta Under Foreign Agent Law
WPF strongly denounces this transnational repression and calls on the international community to stand in solidarity with Taratuta and other exiled journalists who remain vulnerable to state-sanctioned reprisals from Russia for continuing to report.
Russia: Russian-US Journalist Masha Gessen Sentenced to 8 Years in Absentia
Russian-US journalist and author Masha Gessen was convicted in absentia by a Moscow court on charges of spreading false information about the military.
Russia: Yulia Latynina Charged a Second Time for Failing to Comply with “Foreign Agent” Law
The Kremlin has initiated yet another deplorable attack on press freedom by opening an administrative case against exiled journalist Yulia Latynina.
Russia: Exiled TV Host Tatyana Lazareva Arrested in Absentia
Court arrests Lazareva in absentia following search warrant by Ministry of Internal Affairs. The renowned journalist is unjustly accused of justifying terrorism.
Russia: Court Labels Exiled Journalist Couple Lydia and Aleksandr Nevzorov as 'Extremist Union' in Unprecedented Ruling
WPF vehemently condemns the recent decision by a St. Petersburg court to label the journalist couple Lydia Nevzorova and Aleksandr Nevzorov as an “extremist union.”
Russia: Kremlin Intensifies Transnational Repression with Continued Targeting of Exiled Natalia Baranova
WPF denounces additional fines slapped on Baranova for “failure to comply with foreign agent law”
Russia: Farida Korbangalieva Arrested in Absentia
WPF unequivocally condemns the Kremlin’s persistent and cynical use of transnational repression to silence dissenting voices, both domestically and abroad.