Chan Kin-Man
Chan is a sociologist and leader of the pro-democracy movement Occupy Central. He was convicted on public nuisance charges and sentenced to 16 months in prison in April 2019.… More
Xie Fengxia Xie Wenfei
Xie spent 4.5 years in prison for subverting power after publicly supporting the Umbrella Movement. Released in March 2019, he has since been harassed and was again detained in… More
İbrahim Gökçek Grup Yorum
Gökçek was a member of activist folk band Grup Yorum. From the band’s inception, its critical songs have angered the Turkish state, and members have faced severe threats. Released… More
Emel Yeşilırmak Grup Yorum
Yeşilırmak is a member of activist collective and band Grup Yorum, whose critical songs have angered the Turkish government and members have faced serious threats. She was detained in… More
Barış Yüksel Grup Yorum
Yüksel is a member of controversial activist collective and band Grup Yorum. In May 2019, Yüksel started a hunger strike and was released from prison in February 2020. In… More
Bergün Varan Grup Yorum
Varan is a member of activist collective and band Grup Yorum, whose critical songs have angered the Turkish government since its inception. She has been arrested and detained multiple… More
Tuğçe Tayyar Grup Yorum
Tayyar is a member of activist collective and band Grup Yorum. Since the band’s inception, members have faced serious threats for its songs critical of the government. Tayyar was… More
Sultan Gökçek Grup Yorum
Gökçek is a member of activist collective and band Grup Yorum, whose critical songs have angered the Turkish government since its inception. She has been arrested in police raids… More
Xu Zhiyong
Xu, a noted essayist and public intellectual, had for decades advocated for good governance and citizen engagement through his writing. In February 2020, he was detained amid a crackdown… More
Ho Van Hai Ho Hai, or DrHoHo
Blogger Ho Van Hai became well-known for criticizing Vietnam's one-party Communist rule. He spent over three years in prison for posting “anti-state propaganda” in support of protests following the… More
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