An active dossier of 2,489 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.
Reihaneh Tabatabaie is a journalist with Sharq, Farhikhtegan, Bahar in Iran. Imprisoned as of January 12, 2016; charges: Anti-state.
Mahmoud al-Jaziri is a journalist with Al-Wasat in Bahrain. Imprisoned as of December 28, 2015; charges: Anti-state.
Getachew Shiferaw is a journalist with Negere Ethiopia in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of December 25, 2015; charges: Anti-state.
Said Khadar is a journalist with Hubsad in Somalia. Imprisoned as of November 30, 2015; charges: False News, Retaliatory.
Abdirashid Nur Wa'ays is a journalist with Hubsad in Somalia. Imprisoned as of November 30, 2015; charges: False News, Retaliatory.
Baltej Pannu is a journalist with Freelance in India. Imprisoned as of November 27, 2015; charges: Retaliatory.
Hadi Heydari is a journalist with Shahrvand in Iran. Imprisoned as of November 16, 2015; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Abdelrahman Abu Ouf is a journalist with Al-Mesryoon in Egypt. Imprisoned as of November 14, 2015; charges: Anti-state.
Vildan Atmaca is a journalist with Jin Haber Ajansı in Turkey. Imprisoned as of November 13, 2015; charges: Anti-state.
Ismail Alexandrani is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of November 29, 2015; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Can Dündar is a journalist with Cumhuriyet in Turkey. Imprisoned as of November 26, 2015; charges: Anti-state.
Erdem Gül is a journalist with Cumhuriyet in Turkey. Imprisoned as of November 26, 2015; charges: Anti-state.