WPF acknowledges the release of journalist Zhang Zhan from Shanghai prison after her four-year sentence for reporting on the Wuhan lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

CFWIJ and WPF welcomes the release of Pakistani journalist Somiayah Hafeez.

Security services apprehend journalist Heba Abu Taha over allegations of defaming an official body on social media.

Fifteen Kurdish journalists, including three women, are released pending trial after 13 months of detention.

Darya Chultsova, 25, a Belarus journalist at Belsat TV was released after serving a full two-year sentence in a women’s penal colony in Gomel, southwestern Belarus.

Journalist İnci Hekimoğlu was arbitrarily detained after the police raid on her house early this morning and was released after being kept for 12 hours.

Journalist Viktoria Roshchina, associated with independent Ukrainian television channel Hromadske, was released earlier.

Myanmar junta authorities reportedly released Dawei Watch reporter, Ma Moe Myint and her colleagues.

Sanaa Seif, activist, writer and film editor was released from jail after serving 18 months convicted.

CFWIJ is delighted by the release of Saudi women rights activists Nassima Al-Sadah and Samar Badawi from prison. Both women were freed on Sunday, June 27, after serving their prison sentence. They were detained in July 2018 on the suspicion of harming the Kingdom’s interests. There are few details available on the trials against both activists. CFWIJ welcomes the release of Nassima and Samar from prison. However, given the details of their detention, we condemn the authorities’ torture of the imprisoned activists. The activists should never have been apprehended in the first place.

Staff correspondent for independent news website “Tut.by” Katsiaryna Barysevich was finally released from prison after completing her sentence period on May 19. She was arrested in November 2020 on the accusations of violating medical confidentiality in one of her articles. Katsiaryna has written the factual details behind the murder of a man named, Raman Bandarenka in her article. Raman was beaten by the unidentified people in Mink and later died in the hospital emergency room.

Journalist and human rights activist Solafa Magdy and her husband, photojournalist Hossam al-Sayyad, were finally released earlier today after spending almost seventeen months in extrajudicial state custody. During her time in prison, Solafa was reportedly subjected to torture and denied medical aid.

Andrea Sahouri was acquitted today after standing trial for covering a Black Lives Matter demonstration in May 2020. At the time of arrest, and during court proceedings Sahouri claimed that she was physically assaulted and arrested by the police, despite clarifying multiple times that she was a journalist. Sahouri’s release was much welcomed by the international community.

Journalist Saba Azarpeik was reportedly released on bail on February 8. She was arrested illegally by The Iranian Cyber Police (FATA) on February 7 for unclear reasons. The Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ) welcomes the release of Saba. However, we demand the Iranian regime to end intimidating journalists solely for doing their job.