WPF is dismayed by a court’s decision ordering Giulia Cortese to pay damages to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for “defamatory remarks” she made on social media, which the court deemed as "body shaming."

WPF vehemently condemns the egregious attack on Nadia Sharmeen, a reporter for Ekattor TV, who was wounded by police gunfire in Jatrabari on July 18, 2024.

This termination is deeply concerning, especially given the Wall Street Journal's historic awareness of the significance of press freedom, underscored by the cases of their own journalists, Daniel Pearl and Evan Gershkovich.

WPF strongly denounces this transnational repression and calls on the international community to stand in solidarity with Taratuta and other exiled journalists who remain vulnerable to state-sanctioned reprisals from Russia for continuing to report.

Women Press Freedom is deeply alarmed by the recent revelations of extensive surveillance and harassment conducted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) against journalist Cerise Castle.

Women Press Freedom expresses unwavering solidarity with Kurdish journalist Pakhshan Azizi, who is currently held in Evin prison without contact with her family for two weeks.

WPF expresses deep concern over the shooting of journalist Catherine Wanjeri Kariuki while she covered protests in Nakuru County.

WPF vehemently condemns the violent assaults on Melita Vrsaljko, a journalist and fact-checker for Faktograf.hr and the Climate Portal.

Russian-US journalist and author Masha Gessen was convicted in absentia by a Moscow court on charges of spreading false information about the military.

Security forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government detained Hejîn Fetah and her Zoom News colleagues who were reporting on Turkish military actions in the Amedi district for 10 hours.

The Kremlin has initiated yet another deplorable attack on press freedom by opening an administrative case against exiled journalist Yulia Latynina.

Federal Police investigations have uncovered an illegal monitoring operation orchestrated by a covert group within the intelligence agency Abin, targeting journalists, politicians, and public officials.

In a continued assault on press freedom, the Ortega regime of Nicaragua has expelled veteran journalist Nohelia González from the country.

WPF unequivocally stands with Najma Hussein, Ramla Abubakar, and Yasmin Mohamed, and other Somali women journalists in Kenya who face deeply entrenched cultural and gender-based challenges.

Women Press Freedom condemns the attacks, which occurred after Cángaro reported on the neo-Nazi beliefs of a man on trial for the attempted assassination of Argentina’s former president and his links to far-right groups.