An active dossier of 2,483 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.
Paing Thet Kyaw (Aung Thura) is a journalist with Unity in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of February 1, 2014; charges: Anti-state.
Tint San is a journalist with Unity in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of February 1, 2014; charges: Anti-state.
Lu Maw Naing is a journalist with Unity in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of January 31, 2014; charges: Anti-state.
Ahmed Fouad is a journalist with Karmoz in Egypt. Imprisoned as of January 25, 2014; charges: Retaliatory.
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury is a journalist with Weekly Blitz in Bangladesh. Imprisoned as of January 9, 2014; charges: Anti-state.
Khaled Sahloob is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of January 2, 2014; charges: Anti-state.
Mohamed Fadel Fahmy is a journalist with Al-Jazeera in Egypt. Imprisoned as of December 29, 2013; charges: Anti-state.
Baher Mohamed is a journalist with Al-Jazeera in Egypt. Imprisoned as of December 29, 2013; charges: Anti-state.
Peter Greste is a journalist with Al-Jazeera in Egypt. Imprisoned as of December 29, 2013; charges: Anti-state.
Ahmed Gamal is a journalist with Yaqeen in Egypt. Imprisoned as of December 28, 2013; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Mohamed Ali Salah is a journalist with El-Shaab el-Jadeed in Egypt. Imprisoned as of December 27, 2013; charges: Anti-state.
Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed is a journalist with Freelance in Mauritania. Imprisoned as of January 2, 2014; charges: Ethnic Or Religious Insult.