Women Journalists Without Chains expresses profound concern regarding the protracted deadlock and prevailing ambiguity hindering the implementation of the UN-sponsored prisoner exchange agreement. Originally finalized in Muscat, Oman, on December 23, 2025, the deal mandates a comprehensive “all-for-all” exchange, encompassing approximately 2,900 detainees whose liberty remains stalled by ongoing diplomatic inertia.

The escalating atrocities perpetrated against children in Darfur represent a catastrophic escalation in the Sudanese conflict, necessitating immediate and decisive international intervention. Field investigations and on-the-ground documentation have exposed a systematic campaign of child abductions orchestrated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during offensive operations across the region. These violations were particularly acute during the fall of El Fasher in October 2025, marking a harrowing milestone in the violence that has ravaged the country since April 2023.

Severe restrictions imposed by Israeli authorities at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt have disrupted the travel of dozens of Palestinians in urgent need of medical care, further aggravating the humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave.

Sana’a, Yemen — Houthi authorities continue to hold prominent Yemeni human rights lawyer Abdulmajid Sabra in enforced disappearance, more than four months after his abduction from his office in the capital on September 25, 2025, raising serious concerns over the systematic targeting of independent legal professionals.

Geneva — Women Journalists Without Chains has released its 2025 annual report, “The Architecture of Repression: From Atrocities to Authoritarian Legality,” presenting a comprehensive assessment of the deteriorating human rights situation across the Middle East and North Africa.

Beirut, January 27, 2026 – Lebanese journalist and Al-Manar TV presenter Ali Nour al-Din was killed on Monday, January 26, when an Israeli airstrike targeted a civilian vehicle on the outskirts of the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon. Two other civilians were injured in the attack, according to official Lebanese media reports.

The transfer of detainees accused of affiliation with ISIS from northeastern Syria to Iraqi custody raises serious concern, as Iraqi authorities begin receiving and prosecuting groups from Al‑Hol camp and Hasakah prison. This move marks a dangerous turning point that threatens thousands of lives with imminent risk of torture, unfair trials, and execution.