An active dossier of 2,503 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.
Oloye Ayodele Samuel is a journalist with Taraba Truth & Facts in Nigeria. Imprisoned as of November 28, 2022; charges: Defamation.
Nastaran Farokheh is a journalist with Shargh Daily in Iran. Imprisoned as of November 28, 2022; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Maryam Vahidian is a journalist with Freelance in Iran. Imprisoned as of November 28, 2022; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Natnael Betalo Gecho is a journalist with Walaita Times in Ethiopia. Imprisoned as of November 28, 2022; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Mehdi Amirpour is a journalist with Freelance in Iran. Imprisoned as of November 27, 2022; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Reza Asadabadi is a journalist with Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA) in Iran. Imprisoned as of November 23, 2022; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Mohammad Paki is a journalist with Freelance in Iran. Imprisoned as of November 22, 2022; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Win Oo is a journalist with NHP News in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of November 19, 2022; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Olivier Makambu is a journalist with Radio Communautaire pour le Renouveau du Kwango (RCRK) in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Imprisoned as of November 16, 2022; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Fahimeh Nazari is a journalist with Freelance in Iran. Imprisoned as of November 16, 2022; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Saba Abdollahi is a journalist with Bidad Students Journal in Iran. Imprisoned as of November 15, 2022; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Ahmed Fayez is a journalist with Akhbar El-Barlman in Egypt. Imprisoned as of November 10, 2022; charges: Anti-state, False News.