Dumitru CRUDU, Emilian GALAICU-PĂUN & Maria IVANOV
On 16 September 2024, Moldavan writers and PEN Romania members Dumitru Crudu, Emilian Galaicu-Păun and Maria Ivanov, as well as journalist Elvira Moroșan, were detained at the border of Bender/Tighina by agents with the Ministry of State Security (MGB)…
Roberto SAVIANO
Writer, journalist, and PEN award winner Roberto Saviano remained on trial accused of defaming Matteo Salvini, Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister, in a speech in which Saviano accused Salvini of ignoring the mafia stranglehold on Italy in favour of stirring up resentment against immigrants…
Svetlana ALEXIEVICH
In August 2020, Svetlana Alexievich became a member of the Coordination Council for the Transfer of Power. On 20 August 2020, the Belarus Prosecutor General laid charges under Article 361 of the Belarussian Criminal Code…
Go Sherab Gyatso (known as Gosher)
A prominent Tibetan writer, educator and public intellectual, Gosher is serving a 10-year prison sentence reportedly imposed following a secret…
Prabir PURKAYASTHA
Author Prabir Purkayastha, founder and editor-in-chief of online media platform NewsClick, remained on trial at the end of the year, after he was released…
YANG Hengjun (legal name, Yang Jun)
A writer, scholar and political commentator with Australian citizenship, Yang Hengjun is held under a suspended death sentence with…
Ilham TOHTI
A writer, academic and public intellectual, Ilham Tohti is serving a life sentence after conviction of separatism. He was detained on 15 January 2014 by…
Rahile DAWUT
Rahile Dawut, a renowned anthropologist and leading expert on the study of Uyghur…
Ilham Tohti
Writer and academic currently serving a life sentence for his peaceful advocacy in support of Uyghur rights
A writer, academic…
Shahidul ALAM
Photojournalist and social activist Shahidul Alam continued to face an ongoing legal case centred on allegations of…