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.
Dhana Bahadur Magar is a journalist with Federation of Nepalese Journalists in Nepal. Imprisoned as of November 18, 2003; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Maman Abou is a journalist with Le Républicain in Niger. Imprisoned as of November 5, 2003; charges: Defamation.
Sinan Kara is a journalist with Datca Haber in Turkey. Imprisoned as of October 27, 2003; charges: Retaliatory.
Abdullah Zouari is a journalist with Al-Fajr in Tunisia. Imprisoned as of August 17, 2003; charges: Defamation, Retaliatory.
Reda Helal is a journalist with Al-Ahram in Egypt. Missing since August 11, 2003.
Alireza Ahmadi is a journalist with Asia in Iran. Imprisoned as of July 15, 2003; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Aklilu Solomon is a journalist with Voice of America in Eritrea. Imprisoned as of July 8, 2003; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Ali Astamirov is a journalist with Agence France-Presse in Russia. Missing since July 4, 2003.
Acquitté Kisembo is a journalist with Agence France-Presse in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Missing since June 26, 2003.
Mohammed al-Herd is a journalist with Al-Sharq in Morocco. Imprisoned as of June 12, 2003; charges: Anti-state.
Ruslan Sharipov is a journalist with Union of Independent Journalists of Uzbekistan in Uzbekistan. Imprisoned as of May 26, 2003; charges: Retaliatory.
Rauf Arifoglu is a journalist with Yeni Musavat in Azerbaijan. Imprisoned as of October 27, 2003; charges: Retaliatory.