An active dossier of 2,495 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.
Landry Ulrich Nguéma Ngokpélé is a journalist with Le Quotidien de Bangui in Central African Republic. Imprisoned as of October 4, 2021; charges: Anti-state, Defamation.
Henadz Mazheyka is a journalist with Komsomolskaya Pravda in Belarus. Imprisoned as of October 1, 2021; charges: Retaliatory.
Paulo Cezar de Andrade Prado (Paulinho) is a journalist with Blog do Paulinho in Brazil. Imprisoned as of September 28, 2021; charges: Defamation.
Lway M Phoung is a journalist with Shwe Phee Myay News Agency in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of September 26, 2021; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Tun Lynn is a journalist with Myanmar Light (Myanmar Alinn) in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of September 22, 2021; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Wai Lynn is a journalist with Thingangyun Post in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of September 11, 2021; charges: Anti-state.
Ma Htet Htet is a journalist with Thingangyun Post in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of September 11, 2021; charges: Anti-state.
Mikiyas Tilahun is a journalist with Reyot Media in Ethopia. Imprisoned as of September 1, 2021; charges: Anti-state.
Igor Kuznetsov is a journalist with RusNews in Russia. Imprisoned as of September 16, 2021; charges: Anti-state.
Mohamed Mouloudj is a journalist with Liberté in Algeria. Imprisoned as of September 12, 2021; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Ma Thuzar is a journalist with Myanmar Pressphoto Agency in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of September 1, 2021; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Win Naing Oo is a journalist with Channel Mandalay in Myanmar. Imprisoned as of August 31, 2021; charges: Anti-state.