Adnan Al-Rousan
Al-Rousan, a columnist, was arrested on August 14, 2022 for criticizing the King of Jordan via Facebook. He was charged with inciting conflict and sowing division among the elements… More
Sadegh Zibakalam
Zibakalam is a professor at the University of Tehran. He was summoned to court for "threatening national security" on April 2022. His trial began on July 26, 2022. He… More
Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Ahmet Nesin, and Erol Önderoğlu | Status: On Trial | Turkey
Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Ahmet Nesin, and Erol Önderoğlu are human rights defenders and journalists. On June 20, 2016, they were arrested and questioned about their involvement in a freedom… More
Şebnem Korur Fincancı
Fincancı, a human rights activist and expert, was arrested after serving as a guest editor for pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem. Her acquittal was overturned in November 2020 and she… More
Meral Şimşek
Meral Şimşek is a Kurdish writer who been targeted for her poetry and other writings. She faces multiple trials on spurious “terrorism” charges. In June 2021, she was detained… More
Gökhan Yavuzel
Yavuzel is a Kurdish author, columnist, and commentator. In July 2021, he was attacked after appearing on a leaked hitlist of Turkish dissidents. Since then, authorities have issued warrants… More
Gulgeç Akdeniz Gulgeş Deryaspî
Gulgeç Akdeniz is a literary writer who has published three books in Kurdish. She was arrested on July 25, 2019 during raids across Bitlis province in eastern Türkiye. On… More
Hayko Bağdat
Bağdat is a Turkish-Armenian columnist who has been targeted in the past for his articles criticizing the government. He now lives in exile in Berlin. In 2019 he was… More
Cengiz Çandar
The author of seven books and a columnist, Çandar is on trial for the crime of “praising crime and criminals” due to a 2017 tweet in which he celebrated… More
Deniz Yücel
Columnist Yücel was subjected to pre-trial detention--including solitary confinement and torture--and then indicted in 2018 with producing “terrorism propaganda,” and “inciting the public to hatred and enmity.” Now in… More
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