Stella Nyanzi | Status: Imprisoned | Uganda
Jump to: Case Background Case Updates In Their Words Dr. Stella Nyanzi, a Ugandan medical anthropologist, activist, and writer, was convicted after writing and posting a poem online, in which she criticized Ugandan… More
Stanislav Aseyev | Status: Released | Ukraine
Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseyev, who writes under the pen name Vasin, was captured by Russian-supported rebels on June 2, 2017. Aseyev was based in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk and… More
Oleh Halaziuk | Status: Released | Ukraine
Oleh Halaziuk, a columnist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), has been detained since August 2017 by Russian-supported rebels in the Donetsk region of Eastern Ukraine. More
Nasrin Sotoudeh | Status: In Prison | Iran
Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent writer, human rights lawyer and activist, was abruptly re-arrested on June 13, 2018, and taken to Evin prison. Her arrest came shortly after her legal… More
Joshua Wong, Alex Chow, and Nathan Law | Status: Continued Harassment | China/Hong Kong
Joshua Wong, Alex Chow, and Nathan Law are three prominent student activists who played a leading role in the 2014 Occupy Central Movement in Hong Kong. More
Yury Dmitriev | Status: On Trial | Russia
Yury Dmitriev, Russian historian and head of the Karelian branch of the human rights center Memorial, was detained in Petrozavodsk on December 13, 2016, on suspicion of production of… More
Kirill Serebrennikov | Status: On Trial | Russia
Kirill Serebrennikov, a prominent Russian theater director, was put under house arrest on August 23 on charges of fraud. More
Alaa Abd El Fattah | Status: Detained | Egypt
Alaa Abd El Fattah is an Egyptian activist, software developer, and blogger. After being sentenced to a month of jail in absentia, he received a five years sentence in… More
Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Ahmet Nesin, and Erol Önderoğlu | Status: Released | Turkey
Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Ahmet Nesin, and Erol Önderoğlu are human rights defenders and journalists. On June 20, 2016, they were arrested and questioned about their involvement in a freedom… More
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Trump's anti-Democratic approach to press has bled over to @senatemajldr who is putting journalists covering impeachment in holding pens. Can we trust a Senate that wants to hide this historic process from the American people to whom it is accountable? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/19/business/media/senate-impeachment-trial-media.html
This. And there goes the truthful record.
National Archives exhibit blurs images critical of President Trump - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/national-archives-exhibit-blurs-images-critical-of-president-trump/2020/01/17/71d8e80c-37e3-11ea-9541-9107303481a4_story.html
Everyone should be appalled by this proposed MO legislation to ban select children's books & jail librarians who don't comply. It's like something out of a dystopian novel--probably one these 'parent panels' would ban. @PENamerica, we're not standing for it. Fight #bannedbooks. https://twitter.com/stephenmfee/status/1218243527877984258