Damodar Mauzo
When investigating the 2017 murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, police investigators received intelligence that Mauzo, a writer, was another potential target. Goa police have provided him with a security… More
Kamalsy Najmal Kamalsy Prana
Malayalam writer and theater activist Najmal was arrested for allegedly insulting the Indian national anthem in a Malayalam-language Facebook post in December 2016. He was released after three days,… More
Gautam Navlakha
Writer and human rights activist Navlakha was one of many writers and activists arrested for “inciting caste violence” in the village of Bhima Koregaon in August 2018. He was… More
Govind Pansare
Politician and writer Pansare was shot on February 16, 2015 and died four days later. His murder investigation implicated the right-wing group Sanatan Sanstha and was linked to the… More
Fessehaye Yohannes Johannes
Co-founder of the newspaper Setit, Yohannes was arrested in a sweeping crackdown on print media following the September 11 attacks and has been detained incommunicado since, drawing grave concern… More
Idris Said Abu’Are
Freelance journalist and author of short fiction Idris Said was arrested in October 2001, after questioning the arrests en masse of his colleagues following the September 11 attacks. Since… More
Berhane Abrehe
A former top government official, Abrehe was arrested in September 2018, barely a week after he published a book criticizing Eritrea's autocracy. Abrehe's continued detention calls into question Eritrea's… More
Amanuel Asrat
Asrat has been detained incommunicado since 2001 in a sweeping crackdown on print media folllowing the September 11 attacks. During his peripatetic career, he has published poetry, songs, and… More
Dawit Isaak
Co-owner of the newspaper Setit, Isaak has been detained incommunicado since 2001 in a sweeping crackdown on print media following the September 11 attacks. Isaak has been reportedly tortured… More
Magdi Ahmed Hussein Gad
Hussein, who has authored pieces that comparatively examine Islam and Western values, was given a reduced five-year sentence in 2016 for his “contempt of Islam,” alleged distortion of the… More
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