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.
Mohammed Ismael Rasool is a journalist with Freelance in Turkey. Imprisoned as of August 27, 2015; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Kayvan Mehregan is a journalist with Sharq in Iran. Imprisoned as of August 26, 2015; charges: Anti-state.
Aleksandr Sokolov is a journalist with RBC in Russia. Imprisoned as of July 29, 2015; charges: Anti-state.
Waleed al-Hussein al-Dood is a journalist with Al-Rakoba in Saudi Arabia. Imprisoned as of July 23, 2015; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Aboubakr Khallaf is a journalist with Electronic Media Syndicate in Egypt. Imprisoned as of July 21, 2015; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Alagie Abdoulie Ceesay is a journalist with Taranga FM in Gambia. Imprisoned as of July 17, 2015; charges: Anti-state.
Somaru Nag is a journalist with Freelance in India. Imprisoned as of July 16, 2015; charges: Retaliatory.
Saparmamed Nepeskuliyev is a journalist with Alternative Turkmenistan News, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Turkmenistan. Imprisoned as of July 7, 2015; charges: Retaliatory.
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.
Ahmed Abba is a journalist with Radio France Internationale in Cameroon. Imprisoned as of July 30, 2015; charges: Anti-state.
Jumpei Yasuda is a journalist with Freelance in Syria. Missing since June 23, 2015.