Hussein Essou
Kurdish writer Essou was arrested from his home by Syrian Air Force intelligence agents for allegedly participating in anti-government activity and advocating reform in September 2011. As of December… More
Adnan Zarra’ai
Playwright and scriptwriter Zarra’ai was arrested in February 2012 and was detained incommunicado in the State Security Detention Centre in Damascus. His rib was reportedly broken by torture.… More
Fayez Bin Damakh
In September 2017, poet and reporter Bin Damakh was reported missing days before he was due to launch a TV news channel in Kuwait. Local press reports suggest he… More
Turad Al-Amri
Political commentator Al-Amri has been missing since November 2016 after tweeting out to protest a clampdown on Saudi media, which included blocking the online newspaper he worked for. Authorities… More
Guy-André Kieffer
In April 2004, Kieffer was kidnapped in Abidjan and has not been seen since. Prior to his kidnapping, Kieffer wrote for a French newspaper detailing political corruption in Côte… More
Abdurehim Heyit
Heyit, who performs Uyghur folk songs on traditional instruments, disappeared in 2017 and was rumored to be dead. In 2019, a video was released of Heyit in custody. Some… More
Tal Al-Mallouhi | Status: Disappeared | Syria
Tal Al-Mallouhi is a student, blogger, and poet from Homs, Syria, serving a five-year sentence for "divulging information to a foreign state." No evidence was disclosed to justify… More
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