Women Journalists Without Chains issues its strongest condemnation of the Iranian authorities’ escalating campaign of repression against peaceful demonstrators and civil society actors, which intensified dangerously between December 28, 2025 and January 4, 2026, amid nationwide protests in more than forty cities triggered by the historic collapse of Iran’s currency and the severe deterioration of living conditions.

Since early 2024, Kuwait has been facing an unprecedented crisis of identity and citizenship following a sweeping campaign of nationality revocations and withdrawals that, by August 2025, had affected more than 50,000 individuals — approximately 3.33 percent of the country’s total citizen population of 1.5 million.

In North Darfur State, a recent surge of grave crimes and systematic violations against civilians—particularly in Karnoi and the surrounding areas of Um Baru—has drawn strong condemnation from Women Journalists Without Chains.

The intensifying campaign of intimidation and violence waged by Israeli occupation forces against journalists in Lebanese territory has been strongly condemned, described as a systematic assault on the free flow of information and a grave breach of international humanitarian law.

Human rights lawyer Abdulmajid Sabra is facing a life-threatening situation after being held in solitary confinement for nearly 100 days by the Houthi-controlled Security and Intelligence Service, according to Women Journalists Without Chains.

Yemen is facing one of its most severe waves of politically motivated judicial repression in recent years, as the Houthi militia initiates a sweeping round of prosecutions widely condemned as an attempt to weaponize the courts for political retribution and social intimidation.