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.
Asmamaw Hailegeorgis is a journalist with Addis Guday in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of April 26, 2014; charges: Anti-state.
Natnail Feleke is a journalist with Zone 9 in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of April 25, 2014; charges: Anti-state.
Atnaf Berhane is a journalist with Zone 9 in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of April 25, 2014; charges: Anti-state.
Abel Wabella is a journalist with Zone 9 in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of April 25, 2014; charges: Anti-state.
Edom Kassaye is a journalist with Freelance in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of April 25, 2014; charges: Anti-state.
Tesfalem Waldyes is a journalist with Freelance in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of April 25, 2014; charges: Anti-state.
Mahlet Fantahun is a journalist with Freelance in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of April 25, 2014; charges: Anti-state.
Rauf Mirkadyrov is a journalist with Zerkalo in Azerbaijan. Imprisoned as of April 19, 2014; charges: Anti-state.
Bheki Makhubu is a journalist with The Nation in Eswatini. Imprisoned as of April 9, 2014; charges: Retaliatory.
Abdel Rahman Shaheen is a journalist with Freedom and Justice Gate in Egypt. Imprisoned as of April 9, 2014; charges: Anti-state, False News, Retaliatory.
Mosad Al-Barbary is a journalist with Ahrar 25 in Egypt. Imprisoned as of April 2, 2014; charges: Anti-state.
Omar Abdel Maksoud is a journalist with Masr al-Arabia in Egypt. Imprisoned as of April 15, 2014; charges: Anti-state, Retaliatory.