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 el-Battawy is a journalist with Akhbar al-Youm, Masr al-Arabia in Egypt. Imprisoned as of June 17, 2015; charges: Anti-state.
Mohamed Abdel Moneim is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of April 24, 2015; charges: Anti-state.
Abdelrahman Abdelsalam Yaqot is a journalist with Karmoz in Egypt. Imprisoned as of March 21, 2015; charges: Anti-state, Retaliatory.
Mohamed Ali Hassan is a journalist with Misr Alan and Al Nahar in Egypt. Imprisoned as of December 11, 2014; charges: Anti-state, False News, Retaliatory.
Ayman Saqr is a journalist with Almesryoon in Egypt. Imprisoned as of November 28, 2014; charges: Retaliatory.
Emad Sayed Abu Zeid is a journalist with Suef Online in Egypt. Imprisoned as of September 1, 2014; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Abdel Rahman Shaheen is a journalist with Freedom and Justice Gate in Egypt. Imprisoned as of April 9, 2014; charges: Anti-state, False News, Retaliatory.
Mosad Al-Barbary is a journalist with Ahrar 25 in Egypt. Imprisoned as of April 2, 2014; charges: Anti-state.
Khaled Abdelwahab Radwan is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of March 7, 2014; charges: Anti-state.
Ahmed Fouad is a journalist with Karmoz in Egypt. Imprisoned as of January 25, 2014; charges: Retaliatory.
Alaa Abdelfattah is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of October 27, 2014; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Omar Abdel Maksoud is a journalist with Masr al-Arabia in Egypt. Imprisoned as of April 15, 2014; charges: Anti-state, Retaliatory.