Women Press Freedom stands resolutely in solidarity with Arzu Yıldız, an investigative journalist from Turkiye forced into exile after facing persistent threats and persecution for her work. Yıldız's experience is emblematic of the broader crackdown on press freedom under President Tayyip Erdoğan's regime, where dissent is aggressively stifled. We unequivocally condemn the targeting and persecution of journalists by President Tayyip Erdoğan's government.

WPF condemns the sentencing of Ukrainian TV presenter Natalia Moseychuk to five years in prison by a Moscow court, in yet another transnational repression attack on press freedom.

Popular influencer Ana da Silva Miguel, known as Neth Nahara, received a 2-year prison sentence for “insulting” President João Lourenço on TikTok in October 2023. Since her arrest, she has been denied access to her HIV treatment.

An Iranian court has sentenced journalists Saeedeh Shafiei and Nasim Sultan Beygi to four years and three months for their reporting.

CFWIJ stands in solidarity with Thet Wai San and vehemently condemns her unlawful arrest and subsequent sentencing by Myanmar's military regime.

Myanmar authorities have detained yet another journalist Nyein Nyein Aye in a crackdown on civil and press liberties.

Belarusian journalist Katsiaryna Andreyeva was sentenced to eight years in prison on an alleged charge of treason.

Journalist Hülya Kılınç was released on Feb 16, a day after being imprisoned over her report of the funeral of an intelligence officer killed in Libya.

Journalist Hülya Kılınç was sent to prison as a result of the conviction over the report she revealed about intelligence officials.

The acquittal of journalist Selda Manduz was overturned following the prosecutor's appeal to the decision.

A Belgium court convicted a man, who had been abusing journalist and novelist Myriam Leroy online for more than nine years.

Gazeteci Perihan Kaya’ya yönelik sosyal medya paylaşımı nedeniyle ‘Cumhurbaşkanına hakaret’ suçlamasıyla açılan davada, 11 ay 20 gün hapis cezası verildi. Diyarbakır’da görülen davanın ikinci duruşmasında ayrıca cezanın ertelenmesine karar verildi. Gazetecilikte Kadın Koalisyonu (CFWIJ) olarak eleştirel seslerin susturulması amacıyla verilen mahkeme kararını kınıyoruz. Demokrasi için hayati önem taşıyan ifade özgürlüğünün bu şekilde yok sayılması kabul edilemez. Gazeteci beraat edilmelidir.

Journalist Perihan Kaya was sentenced to 11 months and 20 days in prison for 'insulting the President' over her social media posts. Diyarbakır's court ruled to postpone her prison sentence. The Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ), condemns the court verdict to silence critical voices. Freedom of expression is vital for democracies and prosecution against journalists is unacceptable.

İnsan hakları savunucusu, avukat ve Artı Gerçek yazarı Nurcan Kaya’nın “örgüt propagandası yapmak” suçlamasıyla yargılandığı davanın dördüncü duruşması bugün Diyarbakır 9. Ağır Ceza Mahkemesinde görüldü

The fourth hearing of the trial against lawyer, human rights defender, and Artı Gerçek columnist, Nurcan Kaya, was held today. She was defending charges of making propaganda material