An active dossier of 2,489 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.
Hassan al-Kabbani is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of September 18, 2019; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Gültekin Avcı is a journalist with Bugün in Turkey. Imprisoned as of September 14, 2019; charges: Anti-state.
Agba Jalingo is a journalist with Cross River Watch in Nigeria. Imprisoned as of August 22, 2019; charges: Anti-state, Defamation, False News.
Martin Inoua Doulguet is a journalist with Salam Info in Chad. Imprisoned as of August 16, 2019; charges: Defamation.
Erick Kabendera is a journalist with Freelance in Tanzania. Imprisoned as of July 29, 2019; charges: Retaliatory.
Qazi Shibli (Qamar Zaman Qauzi) is a journalist with The Kashmiriyat in India. Imprisoned as of July 25, 2019; charges: Anti-state.
Rashid Maysigov is a journalist with Fortanga in Russia. Imprisoned as of July 12, 2019; charges: Retaliatory.
Hisham Fouad Mohamed AbdelHalim (Hisham Fouad) is a journalist with Freelance in Egypt. Imprisoned as of June 25, 2019; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Hossam Moanis is a journalist with Al-Karama in Egypt. Imprisoned as of June 25, 2019; charges: Anti-state, False News.
Hisham Abdelaziz is a journalist with Al-Jazeera Mubasher in Egypt. Imprisoned as of June 20, 2019; charges: Anti-state.
Roberto Jesús Quiñones is a journalist with CubaNet in Cuba. Imprisoned as of September 11, 2019; charges: Retaliatory.
Samuel Wazizi is a journalist with Chillen Muzik and Television (CMTV) in Cameroon. Imprisoned as of August 2, 2019.