Saad Salloum
Writer and coordinator of the Masarat Foundation for Cultural and Media Development, Salloum and others at the Foundation faced death threats throughout 2017-18 from an anonymous Islamist organization. The… More
Roberto Saviano
Author Saviano faces three criminal defamation lawsuits for his public remarks brought against him by politicians, including former Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. On… More
Bigeldy Gabdullin
President of the Kazakh PEN Club, Gabdullin was detained in November 2016 after a career of criticizing government officials in the media. He pled guilty to charges of extortion… More
Aron Atabek Aron Yedigheev
Activist, writer, and publisher Atabek was convicted in 2007 of organizing mass disorder and killing a police officer, charges unsupported by sound testimony. While serving his 18 year prison… More
Reza Khandan Mahabadi
Khandan Mahabadi, with two other members of the Iranian Writers’ Association, was arrested in May 2019 for opposing state censorship. An appeals judge upheld his six-year sentence, and the… More
Roland Marchal
French sociologist Dr. Marchal was detained in June 2019 when he traveled to Iran to visit his colleague Dr. Fariba Adelkhah. Both were charged with “collusion against national security”… More
Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee
Iraee was first sentenced to six years in prison in 2014 on charges related to an unpublished short story criticizing the practice of stoning. Released in April 2019, she… More
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Famous anti-colonial author Pramoedya was imprisoned twice for his writings, first by the Dutch from 1947-1949 and later by the authoritarian Suharto regime from 1965-1979. While in prison, he… More
Akbar Ganji
Described as Iran's leading political dissident, Ganji's writings are banned in the country. Ganji was imprisoned from 2001-2006 for participation in an academic conference and investigations into extrajudicial murders… More
Narges Mohammadi
Mohammadi, jailed relentlessly by authorities for her human rights advocacy, was freed in 2020, but in May 2021 was again convicted and sentenced to 2.5 years in prison and… More
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