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.
J.S. Tissainayagam is a journalist with OutreachSL, North Eastern Monthly, Sunday Times in Sri Lanka. Imprisoned as of March 7, 2008; charges: Anti-state.
Nsimba Ponte is a journalist with L'Interprète in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Imprisoned as of March 7, 2008; charges: False News.
Vadivel Valamathy is a journalist with MTV in Sri Lanka. Imprisoned as of March 6, 2008; charges: Retaliatory.
Vettivel Jasikaran is a journalist with OutreachSL, North Eastern Monthly in Sri Lanka. Imprisoned as of March 6, 2008; charges: Retaliatory.
Thet Zin is a journalist with Myanmar Nation in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of February 15, 2008; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Sein Win Maung is a journalist with Myanmar Nation in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of February 15, 2008; charges: Censorship Violation.
Nay Phone Latt (Nay Myo Kyaw) is a journalist with Freelance in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of January 29, 2008; charges: Anti-state.
Jean-Paul Ney is a journalist with Freelance in Ivory Coast. Imprisoned as of December 27, 2007; charges: Anti-state.
Mosad Suleiman (Mosad Abu Fagr) is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of December 26, 2007; charges: Anti-state, Retaliatory.
Ali al-Abdallah is a journalist with Freelance in Syria. Imprisoned as of December 17, 2007; charges: Anti-state.
Win Maw is a journalist with Democratic Voice of Burma in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of November 27, 2007; charges: Retaliatory.
Reza Valizadeh is a journalist with Baznegar in Iran. Imprisoned as of November 27, 2007; charges: No Charge Disclosed.