Abdel Nasser Salama
Abdel Naser Salama, a columnist and political commentator, was arrested in July 2021 for a Facebook post in which he called for President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi to resign. While held… More
Ahmed Abdo Muhammad Maher
Maher is an Egyptian author, lawyer, and thinker charged with “contempt for Islam” for his book criticizing religious extremism. Charged in October 2021, less than a month later he… More
Gulnisa Imin Gulhan
Gulnisa Imin is a Uyghur literature teacher and poet known for her writings about Uyghur culture. In March 2018, on the 345th night of her poetry project, "One Thousand… More
Luo Changping
Author and blogger, Luo Changping was arrested in October 2021 for “defaming martyrs” after posting on Weibo a critical review of a film depicting a battle in the Korean… More
Ou Biaofeng
Columnist and online commentator, Biaofeng was detained in 2020 for his online commentary about "ink Girl", an artist who defaced an image of Xi Jinping. He was sentenced to… More
Qiu Ziming La Bi Xiao Qiu
In February 2021, author and blogger Qiu was detained for questioning on Weibo the Chinese government-reported casualty numbers in an India-China border dispute. In May 2021, he was sentenced… More
Wang Yuwen Wang Zang
Poet Wang Zang was taken by police from his home in Chuxiong City in May 2020 and charged in July with “incitement to subvert state power.” Evidence against him… More
Zhang Guiqi Lu Yang
Poet Zhang was taken into police custody in May 2020 and charged with “inciting subversion of state power” a month later. The charge cites as evidence a video of… More
Li Guibao Fat Pig Full Circle Lao Li
After criticizing the government for its handling of COVID-19, playwright and blogger Li was detained in April 2020 and was later sentenced to one year in prison for “picking… More
Valeria Kostyugova
Political analyst and writer Kostyugova is editor of the online community Our Opinion and its annual publication Belarusian Yearbook. In June 2021, she was detained in a home raid… More
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