الجمعة, 01 مايو, 2026
Press freedom in Yemen and across the Middle East and North Africa has deteriorated sharply over the past year, with journalists increasingly exposed to abuses that in some conflict zones amount to war crimes, the advocacy group Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) said in a statement marking World Press Freedom Day on May 3. The organization described a “systematic and dangerous decline” in protections for journalists between May 2025 and May 2026, citing a surge in arbitrary arrests, extrajudicial killings and the use of domestic laws to silence independent voices. It warned that the erosion of international safeguards has left reporters operating in increasingly hostile and lawless environments. ..