WPF strongly condemns the arbitrary arrest of journalist Josie Serseña, who was detained for not attending a court hearing as a witness in an anti-drug operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).

CFWIJ and WPF expresses deep concern over the Karnataka High Court in India granting bail to one of the accused in the murder case of Gauri Lankesh, a renowned journalist brutally murdered outside her home in Bengaluru on September 5, 2017.

CFWIJ and WPF is deeply concerned about the recent developments in Mongolia concerning the detention of journalist Naran Unurtsetseg, editor-in-chief of the news website zarig.mn, and the subsequent blocking of the website.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism expresses deep concern over the arrests of co-owner and publisher of Atmore News Sherry Digmon and journalist Don Fletcher.

The health of journalist Zhan Zhang is rapidly deteriorating in prison. She was arrested last year in May for reporting on state mismanagement and negligence in their response to the COVID crisis. She was sentenced to four years in prison in December 2020 on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”. The journalist has pre-existing medical conditions that her family has already raised the alarm on.