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.
Mohamed Said Fahmy is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of May 31, 2018; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Wael Abbas is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of May 23, 2018; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Abdel-Rahman Adel al-Ansari is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of May 8, 2018; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Shadi Abu Zeid is a journalist with The Rich Content in Egypt. Imprisoned as of May 6, 2018; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Shorouk Amgad is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of April 25, 2018; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Adel Sabri is a journalist with Masr al-Arabia in Egypt. Imprisoned as of April 4, 2018; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Ahmed Tarek Ibrahim Ziada is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of February 18, 2018; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Moataz Wadnan is a journalist with HuffPost Arabi in Egypt. Imprisoned as of February 16, 2018; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Mostafa al-Aasar is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of February 4, 2018; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Hassan al-Banna is a journalist with al-Shorouk Daily in Egypt. Imprisoned as of February 4, 2018; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Ahmed al-Sakhawy is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of September 25, 2017; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Mohamed al-Hosseiny is a journalist with Al-Shoura in Egypt. Imprisoned as of September 12, 2017; charges: Anti-state, False News.