Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) has issued an urgent appeal to the Council of Arab Interior Ministers, urging it to halt the extradition of political dissidents traveling across Arab borders and to end the misuse of Interpol’s “red notices” as a tool of intimidation against individuals exercising their right to free expression.
As the holy month of Ramadan approaches—a time of mercy, justice, and reconciliation—Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) urges Arab governments to immediately and unconditionally release all political and opinion-related detainees.
Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) has expressed its support for the release of Jordanian journalist Hiba Abu Taha, who was freed by Jordanian security services on Thursday after serving a one-year prison sentence and paying a substantial fine exceeding $7,000.
A wave of incitement and defamation has been directed at the National Committee for Women in Taiz Governorate following a workshop discussing Yemen’s obligations under the Beijing Platform for Action.
Saudi journalist and blogger Hassan Mufti has been missing since May, with no official word on his whereabouts. Despite no charges being filed against him, Mufti is believed to have been forcibly disappeared by Saudi authorities.
Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) vehemently denounces the arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance of journalist Marwa Abu Zaid, the wife of political prisoner Abdul Rahman Dabi, by Egyptian authorities.
The Tunisian judiciary has handed down severe prison sentences against political figures and journalists in what critics describe as a blatant misuse of the legal system to suppress dissent.