On June 15, 2024, Bayan Jumagulova, a 65-year-old retired journalist and former Azattyk (Radio Free Europe) correspondent, was summoned for interrogation at the Sverdlovsk District Police Department in Bishkek.

WPF vehemently condemns the repeated and unfounded accusations against journalist Zeynep Kuray by Turkish authorities.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism welcomes the decision to acquit journalist Semra Çelebi of all charges concerning her 2020 tweet.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism vehemently condemns the ongoing legal investigation against journalist Evrim Kepenek

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.

CanadianKels, a well-known TikTokker exposing multi-level marketing (MLM) scams, received an email containing death, sexual violence, and doxing threats after months of harassment and mass reporting of her online profiles.

Aizhan Myrsan was fined and criminally charged for inciting ethnic hatred over an edited video clip of a live report on social media.

Sibel Yükler, Evrim Deniz, and Evrim Kepenek were detained following allegations they retweeted news about the recent reassignment of Prosecutor Mehmet Karababa and his wife.

The second hearing of the case against journalist Beritan Canözer was held in Diyarbakır.

The first hearing of the case against journalist Beritan Canözer was held in Diyarbakır.

The Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) has criticized the action of the Tripura Police and demanded that the UAPA charges against Shyam Meera Singh be dropped. Singh was booked under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act after he tweeted about the violence underway in the state of Tripura at the behest of right-wing Hindu extremists.

Journalist Maty Fall, who is originally from Senegal, was sent death threats online while she was covering the event in her home country. The sheer volume of violence threats and abuses that she received caught the attention of local journalist unions and other civil society groups who have extended her support and condemned the campaign against her. Maty has since filed a complaint with the police.