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.
Mattewos Habteab is a journalist with Meqaleh in Eritrea. Imprisoned as of September 23, 2001; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Said Abdelkader is a journalist with Admas in Eritrea. Imprisoned as of September 23, 2001; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Binyam Haile is a journalist with Haddas Eritrea in Eritrea. Imprisoned as of September 1, 2001; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Selamyinghes Beyene is a journalist with Meqaleh in Eritrea. Imprisoned as of September 1, 2001; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Tesfay “Gomora” Ghebreab is a journalist with Setit in Eritrea. Imprisoned as of September 1, 2001; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Madzhid Abduraimov is a journalist with Yangi Asr in Uzbekistan. Imprisoned as of August 1, 2001; charges: Retaliatory.
Vanessa Leggett is a journalist with Freelance in USA. Imprisoned as of July 20, 2001; charges: Retaliatory.
Fikret Baskaya is a journalist with Ozgur Bakis in Turkey. Imprisoned as of June 29, 2001; charges: Anti-state.
Memik Horuz is a journalist with Ozgur Gelecek, Isci Koylu in Turkey. Imprisoned as of June 18, 2001; charges: Anti-state.
Tamirate Zuma is a journalist with Atkurot in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of May 25, 2001; charges: Anti-state, Defamation, Retaliatory.
Seyoum Tsehaye is a journalist with Setit in Eritrea. Imprisoned as of September 21, 2001; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Fesshaye "Joshua" Yohannes is a journalist with Setit in Eritrea. Imprisoned as of September 15, 2001.