An active dossier of 2,507 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.
Daniel Mussie is a journalist with Eritrean State Television and Radio (Oromo service) in Eritrea. Imprisoned as of November 15, 2006; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Ahmed Idris is a journalist with Eritrean State Television (Arabic service) in Eritrea. Imprisoned as of November 15, 2006; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Senait Tesfay is a journalist with Eritrean State Television (Tigrigna service) in Eritrea. Imprisoned as of November 15, 2006; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Ãngel Mario Ksheratto is a journalist with Cuarto Poder in Mexico. Imprisoned as of November 9, 2006; charges: Defamation.
Abdel Karim Suleiman (Karim Amer) is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of November 7, 2006; charges: Anti-state, Ethnic Or Religious Insult, Retaliatory.
Mohammad Hossein Fallahiyazadeh is a journalist with Al-Alam in Iran. Imprisoned as of November 1, 2006; charges: Anti-state.
Shafiqul Islam Shafiq is a journalist with Focus Bangla in Bangladesh. Imprisoned as of October 28, 2006; charges: Retaliatory.
Guillermo Espinosa Rodríguez is a journalist with Agencia de Prensa Libre Oriental in Cuba. Imprisoned as of October 26, 2006; charges: Anti-state.
Joshua Wolf is a journalist with Freelance in USA. Imprisoned as of September 22, 2006; charges: Retaliatory.
Vladimir Korolyov is a journalist with Permsky Obozrevatel in Russia. Imprisoned as of September 11, 2006; charges: Anti-state.
Rafiq Tagi is a journalist with Senet in Azerbaijan. Imprisoned as of November 15, 2006.
Paulos Kidane is a journalist with Eritrean State Television and Radio (Amharic service) in Eritrea. Imprisoned as of November 15, 2006.