Grave violations against civilians from Rima Governorate in Saada, under the control of Houthi militias, have escalated in recent months. Documentation shows repeated incidents of extrajudicial killings, direct shootings, and torture, reflecting a systematic pattern of organized violence and institutionalized impunity, with strong indicators of region-based targeting.

Recent developments in Taiz Governorate have drawn serious concern over violations of fundamental rights, particularly the freedoms of expression and press, as well as the protection of journalists and human rights activists. Since the beginning of January 2026, security forces affiliated with the Taiz Police have reportedly taken arbitrary measures against a number of journalists, activists, and media professionals, based on their publications and opinions, under the pretext of a declared state of emergency.

The recent surge in armed clashes across Syria has raised serious concerns over the protection of journalists, media workers, and the broader right to freedom of the press. In Aleppo, fighting between government forces and armed groups operating outside the state framework has intensified both in urban neighborhoods and the surrounding countryside, suggesting a renewed escalation of violence that threatens civilians and media personnel alike.

A grave and accelerating human rights catastrophe is unfolding across Iran. Over the past week, state security forces have unleashed an unprecedented campaign of lethal violence against peaceful demonstrators, transforming public streets, hospitals, and detention facilities into sites of mass death.

One thousand days of war in Sudan have left a nation in ruins. Families uprooted, communities starved, and basic systems of life destroyed are not the incidental costs of conflict—they are the direct result of deliberate military campaigns and external interference.

Egypt’s prison system is witnessing an escalating human rights emergency as dozens of students remain behind bars on politically related charges, subjected to sustained patterns of abuse that threaten their physical health, psychological stability, and educational futures. Recent documentation from inside detention facilities reveals an entrenched policy of repression that has transformed Egypt’s prisons into sites of prolonged suffering and institutionalized deprivation.

Women Journalists Without Chains continues to observe with grave concern the political and security shifts currently unfolding in Aden, following measures announced by the internationally recognized Yemeni government aimed at reasserting state authority, strengthening public institutions, and safeguarding civilians.