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.
Thaung Tun (Nyein Thit) is a journalist with Freelance in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of October 4, 1999; charges: Anti-state.
Suphi Yilmaz is a journalist with Ozgur Bakis in Turkey. Imprisoned as of October 2, 1999; charges: Anti-state.
Cosette Elias Ibrahim is a journalist with Al-Liwaa in Lebanon. Imprisoned as of September 2, 1999; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Bizunesh Debebe is a journalist with Zegabi in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of August 23, 1999; charges: Retaliatory.
Anselme Mballa is a journalist with Le Serment in Cameroon. Imprisoned as of July 16, 1999; charges: Defamation.
Aberra Wegi is a journalist with Maebel in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of May 12, 1999; charges: Defamation, False News.
Hussein al-Mataani is a journalist with Sahebat al Gallala in Egypt. Imprisoned as of May 1, 1999; charges: Retaliatory.
Nebojsa Ristic is a journalist with TV Soko in Yugoslavia. Imprisoned as of April 23, 1999; charges: False News.
Krishna Sen is a journalist with Janadesh in Nepal. Imprisoned as of April 19, 1999.
Nguyen Thanh Giang is a journalist with Freelance in Vietnam. Imprisoned as of March 4, 1999; charges: Anti-state.
Jesús Joel Díaz Hernández is a journalist with Cooperativa Avileña de Periodistas Independientes in Cuba. Imprisoned as of January 18, 1999; charges: Anti-state.
Mohsen Kadivar is a journalist with Freelance in Iran. Imprisoned as of February 27, 1999; charges: False News.