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.
Debram Yadav is a journalist with Blast Times, Jana Aastha in Nepal. Imprisoned as of January 1, 2002; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Guy Kasongo Kilembwe is a journalist with Pot-Pourri in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Imprisoned as of December 31, 2001; charges: Anti-state.
Amiel Nkuliza is a journalist with Le Partisan in Rwanda. Imprisoned as of December 31, 2001; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Janardan Biyogi is a journalist with Swaviman in Nepal. Imprisoned as of December 27, 2001; charges: Anti-state.
Chandra Man Shrestha is a journalist with Janadisha in Nepal. Imprisoned as of December 27, 2001; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Badri Prasad Sharma is a journalist with Baglung Weekly in Nepal. Imprisoned as of December 25, 2001; charges: Anti-state.
Prem Bahadur Diyali is a journalist with Blast Daily in Nepal. Imprisoned as of December 21, 2001; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Komal Nath Baral is a journalist with Swaviman in Nepal. Imprisoned as of December 21, 2001; charges: Anti-state.
Sami Muhyideen al-Haj is a journalist with Al-Jazeera in USA. Imprisoned as of December 15, 2001; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Sama Thapa is a journalist with Yugayan in Nepal. Imprisoned as of December 6, 2001; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Chitra Choudhary is a journalist with Nawa Paricharcha, Yugayan in Nepal. Imprisoned as of December 6, 2001; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Grigory Pasko is a journalist with Boyevaya Vakhta in Russia. Imprisoned as of December 25, 2001; charges: Anti-state.