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.
Omar Rodríguez Saludes is a journalist with Nueva Prensa Cubana in Cuba. Imprisoned as of March 18, 2003; charges: Anti-state.
Edel José García Díaz is a journalist with Centro Norte del País in Cuba. Imprisoned as of March 18, 2003; charges: Anti-state.
Alfredo Pulido López is a journalist with El Mayor in Cuba. Imprisoned as of March 18, 2003; charges: Anti-state.
José Gabriel Ramón Castillo is a journalist with Instituto Cultura y Democracia Press in Cuba. Imprisoned as of March 18, 2003; charges: Anti-state.
José Luis García Paneque is a journalist with Libertad in Cuba. Imprisoned as of March 18, 2003; charges: Anti-state.
Alejandro González Raga is a journalist with Freelance in Cuba. Imprisoned as of March 18, 2003; charges: Anti-state.
Pedro Argüelles Morán is a journalist with Cooperativa Avileña de Periodistas Independientes in Cuba. Imprisoned as of March 18, 2003; charges: Anti-state.
Léster Luis González Pentón is a journalist with Freelance in Cuba. Imprisoned as of March 18, 2003; charges: Anti-state.
Nguyen Dan Que is a journalist with Freelance in Vietnam. Imprisoned as of March 17, 2003; charges: Anti-state.
Kadima Mukombe is a journalist with Radio Kilimandjaro in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Imprisoned as of December 31, 2002; charges: Defamation.
Pham Que Duong is a journalist with Freelance in Vietnam. Imprisoned as of December 28, 2002; charges: Anti-state.
Sylvestre Djahlin Nicoué is a journalist with Courrier du Citoyen in Togo. Imprisoned as of December 26, 2002; charges: Anti-state.