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Imprisoned Journalists

Keep track of the journalists that Press Uncuffed reporters have covered

5,614 days

Arvin Sedaghat Kish

Iran

Arvin Sedaghat Kish has been in prison for 5,614 days in Iran for the crime of being a journalist
4,134 days

Ilham Tohti

China

Ilham Tohti has been in prison for 4,134 days in China for the crime of being a journalist

Released

Released

Ta Phong Tan

Vietnam

Ta Phong Tan was in prison for 1476 days in Vietnam for the crime of being a journalist
Released

Khadija Ismayilova

Azerbaijan

Khadija Ismayilova was in prison for 538 days in Azerbaijan for the crime of being a journalist
Released

Bheki Makhubu

Swaziland

Bheki Makhubu was in prison for 447 days in Swaziland for the crime of being a journalist
Released

Ammar Abdulrasool

Bahrain

Ammar Abdulrasool was in prison for 285 days in Bahrain for the crime of being a journalist
Released

Reeyot Alemu

Ethiopia

Reeyot Alemu was in prison for 1480 days in Ethiopia for the crime of being a journalist
Released

Gao Yu

China

Gao Yu was in prison for 203 days in China for the crime of being a journalist
Released

Eskinder Nega

Ethiopia

Eskinder Nega was in prison for 2558 days in Ethiopia for the crime of being a journalist
Released

Serghey Reznik

Russia

Serghey Reznik was in prison for 1075 days in Russia for the crime of being a journalist
Released

Mahmoud Abou Zeid

Egypt

Mahmoud Abou Zeid was in prison for 2029 days in Egypt for the crime of being a journalist
Released

Jason Rezaian

United States

Jason Rezaian was in prison for 376 days in Iran for the crime of being a journalist

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Pressuncuffed.org seeks to encourage and promote rigorous student reporting, scholarly research and debate on the role of, and obstacles to, independent journalism in the United States and abroad. Our website features reporting by University of Maryland students about press freedom in the United States and abroad. It also offers resources to instructors elsewhere who may want to teach classes or hold workshops on this theme. In the near future, this site will become a place for student work from around the country and abroad.

Dana Priest, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner at The Washington Post and Knight Chair in Public Affairs Journalism at the University of Maryland.

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