Azad Zal Mehmet Güngõmüs
A writer, former journalist, translator, and Kurdish-language teacher, Zal was released from prison in 2004 after spending 12 years in prison. He was arrested again on June 30, 2020… More
Ender Imrek
A columnist and political party founder and leader, Imrek has been legally harassed and imprisoned multiple times throughout the years. He went on trial in October 2022 for insulting… More
Ergün Poyraz
A literary writer, Poyraz is best known for his controversial views on the ruling AKP party and the faith-based Gülen movement. He wrote a best seller titled "The Children… More
Khushruz Jumayev Khushom Gulyam
In March 2022, Jumayev—a Pamiri blogger—was detained and interrogated for unkown reasons. Two months later, he was arrested, detained, and eventually charged with “participation in banned political groups." In… More
Artem Kamardin
Kamardin is a poet belonging to the Kabardian ethnic minority in Russia. He was beaten and violently raped by Russian authorities on September 26, 2022 for his poetry readings… More
Boris Bulgakov
In September 2022, a group of poets took part in the regular Mayakovsky Readings in Moscow. Bulgakov was arrested in front of his home in the evening by plainclothes… More
Egor Shtovba
On September 25, 2022, Shtovba is arrested along with Nikolay Deyneko at the Mayakovsky Readings in Moscow. The next day, Artem Kamardin was arrested in relation to the case.… More
Idrak Mirzalizade
A Belarussian stand-up comedian, Mirzalizade was attacked by two men in June 2021, and in August, he was sentenced to ten days in prison for the same joke, alleged… More
Miron Fyodorov Oxxxymiron
A rapper and songwriter, Fyodorov wrote a song that was found to be "extremist" by a Moscow Court. He was fined 45k rubles on December 12, 2022 for discrediting… More
Nikolay Dayneko
On September 25, 2022, Dayneko was arrested along with Egor Shtovba at the Mayakovsky Readings in Moscow. The next day, Artem Kamardin was arrested in relation to the case.… More
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