The Coalition For Women In Journalism finds Republican senator Peter Lucido’s comments about journalist Allison Donahue disgusting and disturbing. We support Allison for confronting Lucido by writing about the harassment she was subjected to. Swift action must be taken against the culprit so that his actions may not embolden others.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism welcomes the release of freelance journalist and #MeToo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin. She has been finally freed after being detained for three months in Guangzhou, a city in southern China.

Journalist Daria Sivukhina was fired from her job on the orders of the mayor. The mayor’s office, it appears, created several professional hurdles for Daria, in retribution for Daria’s support of the mayor’s rival candidate. The issue was further aggravated when a humiliating video of the mayor was telecasted on national television through the broadcast network that employed Daria.

Mezopotamya Ajansı muhabiri Ruken Demir tutuklanmasının ardından şimdi de kendisine mektup yasağı uygulanıyor.Aynı zamanda sağlık problemlerinden dolayı hala hastaneye sevk edilmeyi bekliyor.

Insects in food, a ban on letters and ignored health complications - our colleague Ruken Demir is being subjected to abysmal conditions while in prison. We urge authorities to be fair in their treatment of detained and imprisoned women journalists.

Gazeteci Seyhan Avşar’ın “terörle mücadelede görev almış kamu görevlisini hedef gösterme” suçundan yargılandığı dava bugün 29. Ağır Ceza Mahkemesi’nde görüldü. Bir savcının aldığı cezayı haber yaptığı için suçlanıyor.

Our colleague Seyhan Avşar is being tried for “identifying a public officer as a target for terrorist organizations”. Her real crime, however, was simply writing a story about a prosecutor with a criminal record.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism is concerned about the charges placed on Burundi journalists Agnès Ndirubusa and Christine Kamikazi, along with their two male colleagues and driver. The journalists were arrested in Musigati District while reporting on an armed attack by anti-government rebels. We are extremely disappointed in the justice system of Burundi and demand their release on an immediate basis.

Mezopotamya Ajansı muhabiri Arjin Dilek Öncel’in Twitter’da yaptığı bir paylaşım sebebiyle örgüt propagandası yaptığı iddiasıyla Diyarbakır 11’inci Ağır Ceza Mahkemesi’nde yargılandığı davanın ilk duruşması bugün görüldü. Mahkeme heyeti Arjin’in beraatına karar verdi.

We are glad that our colleague journalist Arjin Dilek Öncel has been acquitted by a Diyarbakir court today. Had she been convicted, Arjin would have faced between 1.5 and seven years in prison. Her crime? A tweet.