Reports compiled by Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) indicate a severe deterioration in the human rights situation across Iran since the beginning of 2026, with thousands of protesters reportedly killed, tens of thousands detained, and sweeping restrictions imposed on communication and access to information.

The reported killing of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in the city of Zintan raises grave and urgent concerns regarding an apparent extrajudicial execution and a serious violation of fundamental human rights, particularly the right to life and the right to due process. The circumstances surrounding the incident demand immediate, independent, and transparent investigation to ensure full accountability and to prevent the further normalization of politically motivated violence in Libya.

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.