An active dossier of 2,508 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.
Tahir Abu Jawhara is a journalist with Rai al-Shaab in Sudan. Imprisoned as of May 16, 2010; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Abu Zar Ali al-Amin is a journalist with Rai al-Shaab in Sudan. Imprisoned as of May 16, 2010; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Haileyesus Worku is a journalist with Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of April 22, 2010; charges: Retaliatory.
Abdulsemed Mohammed is a journalist with Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of April 22, 2010; charges: Retaliatory.
Maung Maung Zeya (Thargyi Zeya) is a journalist with Democratic Voice of Burma in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of April 17, 2010; charges: Retaliatory.
Sithu Zeya is a journalist with Democratic Voice of Burma in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of April 15, 2010; charges: Anti-state, Retaliatory.
Saad al-Aossi is a journalist with Al-Shahid in Iraq. Imprisoned as of April 14, 2010; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Ernest Vardanian is a journalist with Puls, Novy Region in Moldova. Imprisoned as of April 7, 2010; charges: Anti-state.
Ramón Ángeles Zalpa is a journalist with Cambio de Michoacán in Mexico. Missing since April 6, 2010.
Gurbet Cakar is a journalist with Rengê Hevîya Jinê in Turkey. Imprisoned as of March 15, 2010; charges: Anti-state.
Abolfazl Abedini Nasr is a journalist with Bahar Ahvaz in Iran. Imprisoned as of March 3, 2010; charges: Anti-state.
Pedro Argüello is a journalist with El Mañana,La Tarde in Mexico. Missing since March 1, 2010.