Liu XiaoboChina
2010 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo, 55, is a Chinese scholar and renowned dissident who was sentenced to 11 years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power” on December 25, 2009, for his role in drafting Charter 08. […]
Abdulhadi AlkhawajaBahrain
Mr. Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, 50, is a prominent human rights defender who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison on June 22, 2011 for financing and participating in terrorism to overthrow the government, as well as spying for a foreign […]
Zmister BandarenkaBelarus
Mr. Bandarenka, 48, is a journalist, civil society leader, and member of the political opposition in Belarus. Authorities arrested Mr. Bandarenka during the post election crackdown in December 2010. On April 27, 2011, a Minsk court sentenced Mr. Bandarenka to […]
Andrei SannikovBelarus
Mr. Sannikov, 57, is a former diplomat and the most prominent member of the opposition in Belarus. Authorities beat and arrested Mr. Sannikov, along with his wife Iryna Khalip, after they attended a demonstration on December 19, 2010 [...]
Gao ZhishengChina
Gao Zhisheng, 47, is one of China’s most prominent human rights lawyers as well as a husband and the father of two children. Mr. Gao was disappeared by the Chinese government on April 20, 2010 and was held incommunicado for […]
Chief Ebrima MannehThe Gambia
Chief Ebrima Manneh, 33, was a senior reporter for the Banjul, Gambia-based Daily Observer. He was arrested by the Gambian National Intelligence Agency on July 7, 2006, and has since been held incommunicado. The Gambian government refuses to divulge the […]
Filep Samuel KarmaIndonesia
Mr. Filep Samuel Karma, 52, is a prominent Papuan political activist and former Indonesian civil servant who is serving a fifteen-year prison sentence for raising a banned flag at a 2004 political rally. He is married and has two daughters. […]
Nasrin SotoudehIran
Nasrin Sotoudeh, born 1963, is an Iranian journalist, human rights activist, and lawyer imprisoned since September 4, 2010 on charges including “propaganda against the state.” She is the married mother of two young children.
Kingkeo PhongselyLaos
Mrs. Kingkeo Phongsely, a Laotian human-rights activist has been held in Laos’ infamous Samkhe Prison since her November 2, 2009, arrest. The Laotian government has yet to charge Mrs. Kingkeo with wrongdoing of any kind or acknowledge her detention. Mrs. Kingkeo […]
Dr. Luis Williams Pollo RiveraPeru
Dr. Luis Williams Pollo Rivera, 65, is a surgeon who specializes in traumatology and orthopedics in Peru. He has been wrongfully imprisoned by the Peruvian government since August 26, 2003. He is serving a 10 year prison sentence for allegedly rendering […]
Agnes Uwimana NkusiRwanda
Ms. Agnes Uwimana Nkusi, 32, was the editor of the independent Kinyarwanda-language newspaper, Umurabyo, in Rwanda. Rwandan authorities arrested Ms. Uwimana in July 2010 [...]
Saidati MukakibibiRwanda
Ms. Saidati Mukakibibi, 51, was a journalist for the independent, Kinyarwanda-language newspaper, Umurabyo, in Rwanda. Rwandan authorities arrested Ms. Mukakibibi in July 2010 [...]
Father Thadeus Nguyen Van LyVietnam
Father Ly (born 14 May 1946) is a Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest and activist who was rearrested by the Vietnamese government on July 25, 2011, ending one-year and four-months of temporary medical parole. Father Ly was previously arrested on February […]
Annakurban Amanklychev and Sapardurdy KhadzhievTurkmenistan
Annakurban Amanklychev, 40, and Sapardurdy Khadzhiev, 52, are journalists currently serving seven-year sentences in Turkmenistan. They have been held incommunicado since 2006, after being convicted on fabricated charges.
Akzam TurgunovUzbekistan
Akzam Turgunov, 59, is an Uzbek human rights activist and political opposition leader who has been wrongly detained in Uzbekistan since 2008 on extortion charges. Prior to his detention, Mr. Turgunov was a leading figure in the human-rights and opposition […]
Dilmurod SaidovUzbekistan
Dilmurod Saidov, 49, is a prominent Uzbek journalist and human rights activist who has been wrongly detained in Uzbekistan since 2009 on fabricated extortion and forgery charges. Prior to his detention, his articles appeared in many local newspapers, and were […]