Jorge Ramos
Journalist and author Ramos was arrested with his team after conducting an abruptly suspended interview with President Maduro of Venezuela in February 2019. They were detained by government officials,… More
Grigory Pasko
Since 1997, Pasko has faced repeated charges of treason for his reporting. In 2016 while traveling to Barnaul train local journalists, Pasko was met with an aggressive pattern of… More
Chido Onumah
Author, human rights activist, and journalist Onumah was briefly arrested and detained by the Nigerian Department of State Security (DSS) in September 2019 without explanation of the offense. He… More
Mohammed Hanif
In December 2019, the son of former president General Zia ul Haq filed a defamation notice against Hanif, citing Hanif's satirical novel, A Case of Exploding Mangoes. The book's… More
Abbad Yahya
Yahya’s novel ‘Crime in Ramallah,’ which contains themes of politics, homosexuality, and religion, was ordered confiscated and banned in 2017. After an investigation was launched Yahya received death threats… More
Yaser Morazán
Journalist Morazán was one of three PEN Nicaragua members to be subjected to harassment through the circulation of an anonymous video which identified them as behind a terrorist conspiracy… More
Pierre Pierson Vilchez
Writer and artist Pierson Vilchez was one of three PEN Nicaragua members to be subjected to harassment through the circulation of an anonymous video which identified them as behind… More
Meckey Almostageer
Poet and medical doctor Almostageer has been subject to harassment, detention, and torture by both state and non-state actors for contributing to a literary collection deemed against “public morality.”… More
Maryam Lee
Lee, who has argued that Malay women should have the right to choose to wear a headscarf, was summoned for questioning by the State of Selangor’s religious authority on… More
Ahmad Abdulhusain
On July 25, 2018, the head of the IMN, an Iraqi government holding company, issued an order terminating poet and journalist Abdulhusain as an editor-in-chief following his refusal to… More
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