A new report by Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) warns that Iran’s proposed 2025 espionage law could become a sweeping instrument of repression, expanding the death penalty to cover peaceful dissent, journalism, and civil activism.
Yemeni human rights activist Mujahid Hassan Ali al-Qab survived an assassination attempt late Tuesday after an unknown gunman opened fire on his home in the al-Qahifa area of Dhuban, north of al-Turbah in Taiz Governorate, according to information obtained by Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC).
Saudi authorities have arrested Yemeni journalist Mujahid al-Haiqi at Jeddah International Airport without providing reasons for his detention, according to Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC).
Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) calls for the urgent and unconditional release of Egyptian translator and activist Marwa Arafa (32), whose health has reached a life-threatening stage after more than five years of unlawful detention.
The death of Syrian detainee Osama al-Jaour inside Lebanon’s notorious Roumieh Prison has ignited widespread alarm over the plight of thousands of prisoners enduring inhumane conditions in the country’s overcrowded detention centers.
Shocking allegations of abuse inside Yemen’s Political Security Branch in Marib Governorate have surfaced following testimony from former detainee Manea Suleiman, prompting calls for an urgent investigation.
A new report by “Journalists Without Chains” reveals that the United Arab Emirates’ Federal Law No. (7) of 2014 on Combating Terrorist Crimes, along with its amendments, is being used as a systematic tool to suppress peaceful opposition and civil society, leading to serious human rights violations.