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.
Aleksandr Dorogov is a journalist with Rosderzhava, Prikluchenie Dorogova i Ego Druzei in Russia. Imprisoned as of July 29, 2020; charges: Retaliatory.
Amet Suleymanov is a journalist with Freelance in Russia. Imprisoned as of March 11, 2020; charges: Anti-state.
Rashid Maysigov is a journalist with Fortanga in Russia. Imprisoned as of July 12, 2019; charges: Retaliatory.
Nariman Memedeminov is a journalist with Freelance in Russia. Imprisoned as of March 22, 2018; charges: Anti-state.
Aleksandr Valov is a journalist with BlogSochi in Russia. Imprisoned as of January 19, 2018; charges: Retaliatory.
Igor Rudnikov is a journalist with Novye Kolyosa in Russia. Imprisoned as of November 1, 2017; charges: Retaliatory.
Khudoberdi Nurmatov is a journalist with Novaya Gazeta in Russia. Imprisoned as of August 1, 2017; charges: Anti-state.
Ivan Safronov is a journalist with Kommersant, Vedomosti in Russia. Imprisoned as of July 7, 2020; charges: Anti-state.
Abdulmumin Gadzhiev is a journalist with Chernovik in Russia. Imprisoned as of June 14, 2019; charges: Anti-state.
Rustem Sheikhaliev is a journalist with Freelance in Russia. Imprisoned as of March 27, 2019; charges: Anti-state.
Remzi Bekirov is a journalist with Grani in Russia. Imprisoned as of March 27, 2019; charges: Anti-state.
Osman Arifmemetov is a journalist with Freelance in Russia. Imprisoned as of March 27, 2019; charges: Anti-state.