In the port city that once symbolized the promise of a democratic future for southern Yemen, a darker reality now unfolds.

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) has condemned the Saudi government’s refusal to allow a UN-appointed expert to meet with two elderly religious scholars imprisoned in the Kingdom for expressing their views, calling the move a “flagrant violation of international human rights standards.”

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) strongly condemns the ongoing and systematic campaign waged by the Tunisian authorities since May 2024 against human rights defenders, civil society actors, and humanitarian workers.

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) expresses its profound concern regarding the alarming surge in military escalation in Port Sudan.

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) strongly condemns the violent assault on a group of journalists in Suwayda, southern Syria, describing the incident as a flagrant violation of press freedom and a grave threat to fundamental human rights.

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) expresses its profound alarm at the 34-year prison sentence handed down in absentia on May 2, 2025, against former Tunisian Prime Minister and Ennahda Movement Vice President Ali Laarayedh.