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.
Hermes Rivera Guerrero is a journalist with Radio Oriental in Peru. Imprisoned as of May 8, 1992; charges: Anti-state.
Manouchehr Karimzadeh is a journalist with Freelance in Iran. Imprisoned as of April 11, 1992; charges: Ethnic Or Religious Insult.
Naser Arabha is a journalist with Farad in Iran. Imprisoned as of April 11, 1992; charges: Anti-state.
Ahmad Hasso is a journalist with Freelance in Syria. Imprisoned as of March 17, 1992.
Salama George Kila is a journalist with Freelance in Syria. Imprisoned as of March 15, 1992.
Salah Gouami is a journalist with Al-Mounqidh in Algeria. Imprisoned as of January 28, 1992; charges: Anti-state.
Nizar Nayyouf is a journalist with Sawt al-Democratiyya in Syria. Imprisoned as of January 15, 1992; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Jean Pierre Mugabe is a journalist with Le Tribun du Peupl in Rwanda. Imprisoned as of January 4, 1992; charges: Defamation.
Ihab Muhammad Ali al-Ashkar is a journalist with Worldwide Television News in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Imprisoned as of January 2, 1992.
Marwan Hassan Affana is a journalist with Al Quds in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Imprisoned as of January 2, 1992; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Mustafe Lecaj is a journalist with Bujku in Yugoslavia. Imprisoned as of December 19, 1991.
Jadi Nawfal is a journalist with Freelance in Syria. Imprisoned as of December 18, 1991; charges: Anti-state.