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.
Badr Mohamed Badr is a journalist with Al-Jazeera Mubasher in Egypt. Imprisoned as of March 29, 2017; charges: Anti-state.
Mahmoud Hussein Gomaa is a journalist with Al Jazeera in Egypt. Imprisoned as of December 23, 2016; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Mohamed Hassan is a journalist with Al-Nabaa in Egypt. Imprisoned as of September 26, 2016; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Hamdy Mokhtar is a journalist with el-Shaab el-Jadeed in Egypt. Imprisoned as of September 26, 2016; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Ahmed Mansi is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of July 5, 2016; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Sabry Anwar is a journalist with El-Badil in Egypt. Imprisoned as of February 21, 2016; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Abdelrahman Abu Ouf is a journalist with Al-Mesryoon in Egypt. Imprisoned as of November 14, 2015; charges: Anti-state.
Aboubakr Khallaf is a journalist with Electronic Media Syndicate in Egypt. Imprisoned as of July 21, 2015; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Ahmed Farouk is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of October 31, 2016; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Osama al-Bishbishy is a journalist with Baladi in Egypt. Imprisoned as of September 26, 2016; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Ismail Alexandrani is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of November 29, 2015; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Hisham Jaafar is a journalist with Mada Foundation for Media Development in Egypt. Imprisoned as of October 21, 2015; charges: Anti-state.