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.
Kyaw Thwin (Moe Tun) is a journalist with Dhamah Yate in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of March 27, 2006; charges: Censorship Violation.
Abdullah Saeed (Fahala) is a journalist with Minivan Daily in Maldives. Imprisoned as of March 26, 2006; charges: Retaliatory.
Boris Stomakhin is a journalist with Radikalnaya Politika in Russia. Imprisoned as of March 22, 2006; charges: Anti-state.
Abraham Gebrekidan is a journalist with Politika in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of March 8, 2006; charges: False News.
Arash Sigarchi is a journalist with Freelance in Iran. Imprisoned as of January 26, 2006; charges: Anti-state, Defamation.
Dawit Fassil is a journalist with Satanaw in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of December 2, 2005; charges: Anti-state.
Solomon Aregawi is a journalist with Hadar in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of December 1, 2005; charges: Anti-state.
Sisay Agena is a journalist with Ethiop and Ethiopian Free Press Journalists Association (EFJA) in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of November 29, 2005; charges: Anti-state.
Ahmed Mohammed Aden is a journalist with Gedonet Online and Jubba FM in Somalia. Imprisoned as of November 28, 2005; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Serkalem Fassil is a journalist with Menilik, Asqual and Satanaw in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of November 27, 2005; charges: Anti-state.
Jimi'ie Kimeil is a journalist with Eritrea al-Haditha in Eritrea. Imprisoned as of November 24, 2005; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Salifou Soumaila Abdoulkarim is a journalist with Le Visionnaire in Niger. Imprisoned as of November 12, 2005; charges: Defamation.