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.
Selahattin Aslan is a journalist with Özgür Halk ve Demokratik Modernite in Turkey. Imprisoned as of December 20, 2011; charges: Anti-state.
Mazlum Özdemir is a journalist with Dicle News Agency in Turkey. Imprisoned as of December 20, 2011; charges: Anti-state.
Sibel Güler is a journalist with Özgür Gündem in Turkey. Imprisoned as of December 20, 2011; charges: Anti-state.
Abdullah Çetin is a journalist with Dicle News Agency in Turkey. Imprisoned as of December 16, 2011; charges: Anti-state.
Hasan Özgüneş is a journalist with Azadiya Welat in Turkey. Imprisoned as of October 28, 2011; charges: Anti-state.
Tayip Temel is a journalist with Azadiya Welat in Turkey. Imprisoned as of October 3, 2011; charges: Anti-state.
Turhan Özlü is a journalist with Ulusal Kanal in Turkey. Imprisoned as of August 21, 2011; charges: Anti-state.
Yalçın Küçük is a journalist with Odatv, Aydınlık in Turkey. Imprisoned as of March 7, 2011; charges: Anti-state.
Soner Yalçın is a journalist with Odatv, Hürriyet in Turkey. Imprisoned as of February 14, 2011; charges: Anti-state.
Ozan Kilinc is a journalist with Azadiya Welat in Turkey. Imprisoned as of July 22, 2010; charges: Anti-state.
Hamdiye Çiftçi is a journalist with Dicle News Agency in Turkey. Imprisoned as of June 20, 2010; charges: Anti-state.
Nedim Şener is a journalist with Posta in Turkey. Imprisoned as of March 6, 2011; charges: Anti-state.