Geneva/Aden — Women Journalists Without Chains strongly condemns the killing of Wissam Qaed, Acting Executive Director of the Social Fund for Development, who was abducted and subsequently killed in the city of Aden on Sunday, May 3, 2026;

The global observance of World Press Freedom Day 2026 comes at a critical and somber juncture for the Middle East and North Africa.

Women Journalists Without Chains strongly condemns the Bahraini authorities' recent decision to revoke the citizenship of 69 individuals and their families.

Women Journalists Without Chains has documented the assassination of prominent Yemeni educator and member of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah), Dr. Abdulrahman Abdulwahab Qassem Al-Suhaibi, known as “Al-Shaer,” who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Saturday morning in the city of Aden.

A Lebanese journalist was killed and another injured in a sequence of Israeli attacks that escalated from direct targeting to the obstruction of rescue operations in the town of Al-Tayri, southern Lebanon, on Wednesday, April 22.