Jamal Khashoggi | Status: Murdered | Saudi Arabia
Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi Arabian journalist who had been living in the U.S. since mid-2017, has been missing since October 2, 2018, and is presumed dead. More
Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (Mother Mushroom) | Status: Released | Vietnam
Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, better known as “Mother Mushroom,” is a prominent independent blogger, whose blog addresses social concerns in Vietnam. More
Dareen Tatour | Status: Released | Israel/Palestine
Poet Dareen Tatour, a Palestinian citizen of Israel who has spent more than two years in jail or under house arrest since October 2015, was convicted on May 3,… More
Shahidul Alam | Status: Detained | Bangladesh
Shahidul Alam, photographer, journalist, and activist, is currently being detained for commenting about the student protests in Dhaka, Bangladesh. More
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo | Status: In Prison | Myanmar
Prosecutors have charged the journalists with obtaining important and secret state documents relating to the crisis in Rakhine State, from which some 680,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled since August… More
Ahmed Naji | Status: Released | Egypt
Ahmed Naji was temporarily released from prison in Egypt on December 22, 2016, after his two-year prison sentence for “violating public modesty” was suspended by an appeals court on… More
Oleg Sentsov | Status: In Prison | Russia
Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian film director, was sentenced to 20 years in a Russian prison on charges of terrorism on August 25, 2015. PEN believes that the charges stem… More
Mahmoud Abou Zeid (Shawkan) | Status: On Trial | Egypt
Shawkan is a journalist and photographer who often depicts daily cultural life and produces street portraits. He is a contributor to publications such as Time Magazine, Die Zeit, BILD,… More
Galal El-Behairy | Status: On Trial | Egypt
Galal El-Behairy is an Egyptian poet, lyricist, and activist who has been in detention in Tora Prison in Cairo since March 2018. More
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This is all quite definitive. The administration cannot fail to act In response. Mild sanctions on a subset of those responsible will not suffice. https://t.co/keOTSvCRk7
I said it before, and I will say it again.
#Khashoggi’s killers messed with the wrong paper (@WashingtonPost)
And in me, the wrong editor.
#JusticeForJamal
https://t.co/s32WUtasDc
The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. #JusticeForJamal https://t.co/izeDo2SDSC