An Israeli airstrike targeting a residential home in the town of Abbasiya, Tyre district, southern Lebanon, claimed the life of Lebanese director Ali Khalil on Thursday, 4 June 2026.

Severe sentences issued by the specialized counter‑terrorism chamber of the Tunis Court of First Instance in the case widely known as the “Secret Apparatus of Ennahda Movement” have sparked widespread condemnation. The verdicts included a life sentence plus 30 years against former Parliament Speaker and Ennahda Movement leader Rached Ghannouchi (aged 84), alongside other harsh sentences targeting a number of political leaders and former officials.

The sentencing of writer and political activist Ahmed Douma to one year in prison with labor by an Egyptian court on 3 June 2026 has been strongly condemned. The verdict, delivered by the New Cairo Misdemeanor Court on charges related to an article addressing detention conditions inside Egyptian prisons, forms part of an ongoing campaign of repression targeting journalists, activists, and government critics.

The confirmation of the extrajudicial execution of six children belonging to Dr. Rania al‑Abbasi—Syrian dentist, national chess champion, and mother—has drawn profound condemnation and renewed urgency from Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC). Video evidence disclosed during official investigations, cross‑referenced with materials linked to the accused officer known as the “Butcher of Tadamon”, has ended thirteen years of enforced disappearance and confirmed the unlawful killing of her children: Dima (13), Intisar (12), Najah (11), Alaa (8), Ahmad (6), and Layan (1).

The severe escalation by Israeli occupation forces against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip has drawn strong condemnation from Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC).

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) unequivocally condemns the Israeli military strikes that claimed the lives of six Lebanese paramedics