Natalya Sharina | Status: Convicted | Russia
Natalya Sharina, head of the Ukrainian Literature Library in Moscow, was sentenced to four years of probation on June 5, 2017, for allegedly disseminating the works of Ukrainian nationalists… More
Ahmet and Mehmet Altan | Status: Convicted | Turkey
Mehmet and Ahmet Altan were arrested in a dawn raid on September 10, 2016, as part of a wave of arrests of thinkers and writers following the July 15,… More
Mykola Semena | Status: Convicted | Ukraine
Mykola Semena has been convicted under the “separatist” Article 280.1 of the Russian Criminal Code, for publicly denouncing the Kremlin’s annexation of Crimea. He was handed a 2-year suspended… More
Bigeldy Gabdullin | Status: Convicted | Kazakhstan
Bigeldy Gabdullin, journalist and President of the Kazakh PEN Club, was detained on November 15, 2016, and formally arrested on November 16, on charges of extortion. The international community… More
Narges Mohammadi | Status: Convicted | Iran
Narges Mohammadi is an independent journalist and the former vice-president and spokesperson of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), which advocates for human rights reform and represents political… More
Nazlı Ilıcak | Status: Convicted | Turkey
On July 25, 2016, arrest warrants were put out for 42 Turkish journalists for their suspected affiliation with the Gülenist movement. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) accuses the Gülenist movement of… More
Rokudenashiko (Megumi Igarashi) | Status: Convicted | Japan
Megumi Igarashi, who works under the pseudonym Rokudenashiko, or “good-for-nothing girl,” is a Japanese artist known for using her vagina as a motif for her art. Megumi Igarashi was… More
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