The authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan have a long-standing practice of utilizing the judiciary system to stifle critical voices, exemplified by the recent incarceration of journalist Sherwan Sherwani.

Women Journalists Without Chains expressed concern over the one-year imprisonment of journalist Dima Sadek for defending a victim of assault by supporters of a political group in 2019. 

Algerian government suppresses press freedom and freedom of expression through the prosecution of journalists and closure of independent media outlets.

The organization Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) is demanding the release of journalist Vida Rabbani who was recently detained by the Iranian government.

A year has passed since writer and human rights activist Samira Al-Houri and her son Ahmed Al-Halili disappeared in Saudi Arabia. Despite calls for information on their whereabouts, the Saudi authorities have yet to provide any answers.

It has been one year since writer and activist Samira Al-Houri and her son Ahmed Al-Halili mysteriously vanished in Saudi Arabia, but there are still no answers about their whereabouts or fate.

Rabat- Morocco has made significant progress in terms of press and publication freedom over the past 10 years.