An active dossier of 2,507 journalists, photojournalists, editors, and bloggers currently detained, prosecuted, or missing — drawn live from the Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, and our partner organizations across Russia, Belarus, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Myanmar, Israel/OPT, and dozens of other jurisdictions where the press is under attack.
These records contain only the structured fields source organizations publish — name, country, employer, charges, arrest date. They do not include the longer narratives in the main Political Prisoner Database. For the full case files maintained by CPJ, see cpj.org/data.
Eslam Mosadaq Abdelrehim Mohamed is a journalist with CBC in Egypt. Imprisoned as of September 25, 2019; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Khaled Daoud is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of September 25, 2019; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Sayed Abd Ellah is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of September 22, 2019; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Mohamed Ibrahim (Mohamed Oxygen) is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of September 21, 2019; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Hassan al-Kabbani is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of September 18, 2019; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Hossam Moanis is a journalist with Al-Karama in Egypt. Imprisoned as of June 25, 2019; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Hisham Fouad Mohamed AbdelHalim (Hisham Fouad) is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of June 25, 2019; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Hisham Abdelaziz is a journalist with Al-Jazeera Mubasher in Egypt. Imprisoned as of June 20, 2019; charges: Anti-state.
Abdel Halim Kandil is a journalist with Sawt al-Ummah in Egypt. Imprisoned as of October 15, 2018; charges: Defamation.
Islam Gomaa is a journalist with Veto in Egypt. Imprisoned as of June 29, 2018; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Momen Hassan is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of June 10, 2018; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Mohamed Abu Zeid is a journalist with Tahrir in Egypt. Imprisoned as of June 7, 2018; charges: Anti-state, False News.