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.
Walid Hassan Muhammad Karaka is a journalist with Al-Nida in Kuwait. Imprisoned as of June 15, 1991; charges: Anti-state.
Rahim Muhammad Najem is a journalist with Al-Nida in Kuwait. Imprisoned as of June 15, 1991; charges: Anti-state.
Ghazi Mahmoud al-Sayyed is a journalist with Al-Nida in Kuwait. Imprisoned as of June 15, 1991; charges: Anti-state.