Writers at Risk Database

Shamsuzzoha Manik

On February 15, 2016, Manik was arrested after an extremist religious group threatened to hold protests over a book he published that was deemed offensive to Islam. Since October… More

Shamsuzzoha Manik

Shamsuzzoha Manik | Status: Under Threat | Bangladesh

Bangladeshi translator, writer, editor, and publisher More

Grigory Pasko | Status: Under Threat | Russia

Grigory Pasko is the director of the Community of Investigative Journalists, an organization that teaches investigative techniques to reporters and bloggers across Russia. On September 26, 2016, he was… More

Tsering Woeser | Status: Under Threat | China

Award-winning Tibetan writer and poet Woeser was born in 1966 in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, where her father was a soldier in the People’s Liberation Army. More