Ny Nak

Ny Nak is an online commentator who owns a Facebook page with over 425k followers. In December 2020, he made a series of satirical comments on his page mocking government policies,… More

Mohammed Rashed Al-Ajmi

A blogger and online activist, Al-Ajmi has been the victim of repeated attacks since October 2022. The first occurred in Kuwait before he was forced out of the country;… More

Raouf Farrah

Farrah, a Canadian-Algerian researcher, human right defender, and contributing author of Algeria: The Future in Play, was arrested on February 14, 2023 in Algeria as he was visiting relatives. He was… More

Memduh Bayraktaroglu

Bayraktaroglu is a columnist for Korkusuz newspaper. On February 24, 2023, a group of alleged ultranationalists attempted to raid his home following a tweet he posted two days earlier. The International Press… More

Syed Fawad Ali Shah

Pakistani columnist Shah was forced into exile in Malaysia for his writing on corruption in Pakistan. He was first kidnapped in 2011 by Pakistani intelligence Services (the ISI) for… More

Abbas Ali Zulfiqari

Zulfiqari, better known by his name Zoro, is a satirical poet who posts videos of himself reciting his poetry on social media. He was first imprisoned in 1993, then… More

Juan Martinez D’Aubuisson

Columnist Martinez D'Aubuisson is the author of The Hollywood Kid: The Violent Life and Violent Death of an MS-13 Hitman. He has been researching gang violence in Latin America extensively… More

Ruslan Chliebarodau

Author of Stop the Cockroach, a popular anti Lukashenko song, Chliebarodau was arrested on April 23, 2023. He is accused of "insulting public officials," and "disgracing the state power and governing… More

Andrei Filipchyk

Filipchyk is an online activist who runs a Telegram channel where he posts jokes and memes in Belarusian. On January 31, 2023 he was arrested and a criminal case… More

Marko Vidojković

An author, columnist, and blogger, Vidojković received more than 50 death threats in 2021-2022, which came after he published his 2020 novel Djubre (Garbage) focused on corruption. Anonymous threats drew a… More