Mikola Papieka
In September 2020, poet and beekeeper Papieka participated in a “karahod,” a form of cultural protest used to show resistance to President Lukashenka's rule. On November 30, he was… More
Durai Guna Gunasekaran
Guna, a Dalit rights writer-activist, was detained in September 2019 for putting up “defamatory” signs inviting replacements for apathetic government officials. He was arrested again in September 2020 for… More
Nazlı Ilıcak | Status: Released | Turkey
Nazlı Ilıcak, a 72-year-old veteran journalist, former member of parliament, and avid supporter of democracy, was arrested as part of a crackdown following an attempted coup in July 2016.… More
Zay Yar Lwin Daung Doh Myo Sat or Peacock Generation
Zay Yar Lwin, a member of the Peacock Generation satirical poetry troupe specializing in Thangyat, a type of slam poetry, was sentenced to four and a half years in… More
Khosro Sadeghi Borojeni
Borojeni is a freelance columnist and writer who focuses on political and economic analysis, including COVID-19 mismanagement and critiques of neoliberalism. He was arrested in May 2019 and detained… More
Uladzimir Liankevich
A project manager at PEN Belarus, Liankevich was detained at a peaceful protest in Minsk on September 8, 2020, after the election of Aleksander Lukashenka. He was sentenced during… More
Doddipalya Narasimha Murthy
In October 2019, police arrested Murthy on charges of treason and attempted murder based on allegations from 1994. This was believed to be because of his criticism of the… More
Nay Myo Lin
Authorities charged editor-in-chief of Voice of Myanmar Nay Myo Lin with a life sentence under an anti-terrorism law and shut down the news site after he published an interview… More
Sameh Haneen
On May 16, 2020, state security officers arrested Haneen, a freelance journalist and documentary producer, on charges of spreading false news, threatening national security, and joining a terrorist organization… More