Loujain Al-Hathloul
Al-Hathloul, a women's rights advocate, was detained in a sweep of arrests in May 2018 and held for 1,000 days in prison, during which time she was reportedly tortured… More
Paing Ye Thu Daung Doh Myo Sat or Peacock Generation
Paing Ye Thu, a member of the Peacock Generation satirical poetry troupe specializing in the traditional art form of Thangyat, a type of slam poetry, was sentenced to three… More
Su Yadanar Myint Daung Doh Myo Sat or Peacock Generation
Su Yadanar Myint, a member of the Peacock Generation satirical poetry troupe that specializes in the traditional art form of Thangyat, a type of slam poetry, was sentenced to… More
Zaw Lin Htut Daung Doh Myo Sat or Peacock Generation
Zaw Lin Htut, a member of the Peacock Generation satirical poetry troupe that specializes in the traditional art form of Thangyat, was arrested by military officers in December 2021… More
Paing Pyo Min Daung Doh Myo Sat or Peacock Generation
Paing Pyo Min, a member of the Peacock Generation satirical poetry troupe that specializes in the traditional art form of Thangyat, a type of slam poetry, was sentenced to… More
Kay Khine Tun Daung Doh Myo Sat or Peacock Generation
Kay Khine Tun, a member of the Peacock Generation satirical poetry troupe that specializes in the traditional art form of Thangyat, a type of slam poetry, was sentenced to… More
Liu Feiyue
Liu, an activist who runs a website circulating information on human rights abuses, was sentenced to five years in prison and severe fines in January 2019 after his initial… More
Wang Fang Fang Fang
Wang Fang, who also goes by the pen name Fang Fang, kept an online diary during Wuhan’s 11-week lockdown. She views herself as a witness rather than a critic… More
Pavel Sheremet
An internationally lauded journalist and opinion writer, Sheremet was killed in a car bomb explosion in Kyiv in April 2016. He was a longtime critic of Belarus President Aleksander… More