Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo | Status: On Trial | Myanmar
Prosecutors have charged the journalists with obtaining important and secret state documents relating to the crisis in Rakhine State, from which some 680,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled since August… More
Roman Sushchenko | Status: On Trial | Russia
Roman Sushchenko, a Ukrainian journalist, was detained in Moscow on September 30, 2016, on charges of espionage. He has been detained in Lefortovo Prison since then; the court has… More
Pınar Selek | Status: On Trial | Turkey
In July 1998, writer, sociologist, and feminist Pınar Selek was arrested in connection with an explosion at the Istanbul Spice Bazaar, a tragedy that led to the deaths of… More
Zone 9 Bloggers | Status: On Trial | Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Supreme Court on April 6, 2017, levied criminal charges against two Zone 9 bloggers, Atnaf Berhane and Natnail Feleke, three years after they were first arrested in April… More
Shamsuzzoha Manik | Status: On Trial | Bangladesh
Bangladeshi translator, writer, editor, and publisher More
Necmiye Alpay | Status: On Trial | Turkey
Turkish translator, editor, journalist and staunch defender of free expression More
Dareen Tatour | Status: On Trial | Israel/Palestine
Poet Dareen Tatour, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, will have spent two years in jail or under house arrest as of October 11, 2017. More
Şebnem Korur Fincancı | Status: On Trial | Turkey
Şebnem Korur Fincancı is a human rights defender and forensic doctor in Turkey. On June 20, 2016, she was arrested along with Erol Önderoğlu and Ahmet Nesin. The three… More
Aslı Erdoğan | Status: On Trial | Turkey
Aslı Erdoğan is a renowned novelist and human rights activist in Turkey. She is also a columnist for Özgür Gündem newspaper, a pro-Kurdish opposition daily, and a member of its advisory board.… More
Ahmed Naji | Status: On Trial | Egypt
Ahmed Naji has been temporarily released from prison in Egypt on December 22, 2016, after his two-year prison sentence for “violating public modesty” was suspended by an appeals court… More
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