Augustine Ford A.Fo4doe
Rapper Ford (AKA: A.Fo4doe) was harassed and detained by police in September 2018 after he was identified as the producer of a song that critiques government corruption. He was… More
Rodney Sieh
Founder and editor of Liberian newspaper FrontPageAfrica, Sieh was fined over US$2 million for criminal libel and effectively sentenced to life in prison after publishing findings of government corruption.… More
Meckey Almostageer
Poet and medical doctor Almostageer has been subject to harassment, detention, and torture by both state and non-state actors for contributing to a literary collection deemed against “public morality.”… More
Jack Mapanje
Poet, scholar, and literary critic Mapanje was arrested after publication of his first book, which the Malawi government subsequently banned. He was detained without charge from September 1987 until… More
Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque Zunar
Political cartoonist Zunar faces sedition charges filed in January 2021 for his satirical cartoon criticizing the government’s cancellation of Thaipusam, an annual Hindu festival. Zunar previously faced 43 years… More
Marcos Hernández Bautista
Hernández, a reporter who covered the political influence of local strongmen, was shot as he climbed into his car in Oaxaca in January 2016. The alleged gunman was sentenced… More
Ruben Espinosa
Espinosa was shot execution-style, along with four women, in Mexico City in July 2015. A photojournalist covering violence in Veracruz, he had fled to the capitol after receiving threats.… More
Filiberto Álvarez Landeros
Poet and journalist Álvarez Landeros was shot dead in Tlaquiltenango after hosting a show at a radio station. The Morelos State Attorney General ruled out his journalism as a… More
Guillermo Fernández García
Acclaimed poet and translator Fernández García was bound and killed at his home in Toluca in April 2012. The motive remains unknown. The case was referred to Mexico’s attorney… More
Javier Valdez Cárdenas
In May 2017, Valdez Cárdenas was shot dead by unknown assailants in Culiacán, Sinaloa State. The authorities arrested two men suspected of being accomplices in the murder. In January… More
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