In a stark affront to press freedom, a Russian court has convicted American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva in a secret trial, sentencing her to six and a half years in prison.

Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison nearly three years after her detention on bogus charges of inciting subversion of state power.

WPF unequivocally condemns the sentencing of journalist Hiba Abu Taha to one year in prison for her investigative report on the alleged land corridor between Jordan and Israel.

WPF extends heartfelt sympathies to journalist Saba Azarpeik, unjustly imprisoned, who suffered a miscarriage and lost her unborn child following a grueling 9-hour court session.

WPF firmly stands in solidarity with Alena Timashchuk, who received a 5-year prison term on allegations of damaging Belarus' image, inciting hatred, and purported involvement in an "extremist formation."

WPF is deeply concerned about the well-being of Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan over her untraceable whereabouts on the day of her expected release from Shanghai Women's Prison after four years.

WPF stands in solidarity with Sandra Muhoza, a journalist unjustly charged and detained under harsh conditions in Burundi.

WPF celebrates the release of Dilan Oyunş after an unjust seven-year imprisonment on spurious terrorism charges.

The sentencing of Clare Rewcastle-Brown by a Malay court to two years in prison in absentia, for defaming the queen consort Sultanah Nur Zahirah of Terengganu, is deeply troubling.

CFWIJ and WPF firmly stands against the unjust imprisonment of journalist Nasrin Hassani by Iranian authorities.

CFWIJ and WPF express our profound dismay and outrage over the life imprisonment sentence imposed on the former journalist and award-winning documentary filmmaker Shin Daewe in Myanmar

Sara Massoumi, a former reporter for the reformist news outlet Etemad, has been sentenced to six months behind bars for an October social media post regarding the death of a 16-year-old teenager.

Renowned Turkish journalist Nazlı Ilıcak behind bars for allegedly “slandering” public officials in a 2016 article.

Journalist Saeideh Shafiei commenced her three-and-a-half-year prison sentence at Tehran's Evin prison today.

Istanbul’s 23rd Criminal Court of First Instance imposed fines and prison sentences on journalist Şehriban Alkış, along with six other women activists.