Ahmed MANSOOR
Emirati poet, blogger and human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor continued to serve a 10-year prison term. In July, Mansoor was further convicted…
Mohamed Abdullah AL-ROKEN
Dr. Mohammad Abdullah Al-Roken was sentenced to life imprisonment in July, along with 42 others, following a grossly unfair trial notoriously known as UAE 84…
Mahvash SABET
Mahvash Sabet is a teacher and poet serving an unjust 10-year prison sentence imposed in 2022. She has previously spent a decade in prison due solely to…
Narges MOHAMMADI
Writer, journalist, human rights defender Narges Mohammadi was free on medical grounds as of 31 December 2024, a year in which she received three new prison sentences…
Andrzej POCZOBUT
A board member of the Union of Poles in Belarus, Andrzej Poczobut continued to be held in solitary confinement, serving an eight-year prison term in connection with his coverage of 2020 anti-government protests in Belarus…
Ales BIALIATSKI
Writer, PEN Belarus member, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski continued to serve a 10-year prison sentence in a medium-security penal colony in Horki – a facility known for inmates being beaten and subjected to hard labour…
Kaciaryna ANDREJEVA (BACHVAŁAVA)
Journalist, writer and poet, Kaciaryna Andrejeva (real name Bachvałava) was arrested in Minsk in November 2020 while livestreaming a peaceful protest and sentenced to two years in prison in…
Marco Antonio PINTUELES MARRERO
At the end of the year, rapper and activist Marco Antonio Pintueles Marrero continued to serve a five-year sentence of correctional labour in ‘La Aguada’ camp for the crime of ‘sedition’. Marco Antonio was arrested…
Yasmani GONZÁLEZ VALDÉS
Yasmani González Valdés (also known as ‘Libre Libre’) was sentenced to four years in prison in February 2024, after conviction of ‘propaganda against the constitutional order’. He has been held in the Combinado…
María Cristina GARRIDO RODRÍGUEZ
Cuban poet and activist María Cristina Garrido Rodríguez is continuing to serve a seven-year prison sentence imposed after she was convicted on 10 March 2022 of ‘public disorder,’ ‘contempt,’ and ‘resistance’. She was arrested…
Ibrahim DOMÍNGUEZ AGUILAR
Musician Ibrahim Domínguez Aguilar is serving a 10-year sentence in maximum security Boniato Prison in Santiago de Cuba where he has been held since August 2021, reportedly in a collective cell…
Maykel CASTILLO PÉREZ
Cuban musician and rapper Maykel Castillo Pérez, widely known by the name ‘Maykel Osorbo’, continued serving a nine-year prison term in the high security 5 y Medio prison in Pinar del Río after his conviction on 24 June 2022 of charges including ‘contempt, attack, public disorder and defamation of institutions and organisations’…
Randy ARTEAGA RIVERA
Musician and rapper Randy Arteaga Rivera continued serving a five-year prison sentence in prison camp ‘La Guanajera’ at the end of the year. He was arrested on 11 July 2021 in Santa Clara province while participating in peaceful protests against restrictions…
Étienne Fakaba SISSOKO
Author, academic and political activist Étienne Fakaba Sissoko was serving a one-year prison term in Kéniéroba Central Prison at the end of the year. Arrested on…
Rahile DAWUT
Rahile Dawut, a renowned anthropologist and leading expert on the study of Uyghur folklore, is reportedly serving a life sentence after conviction of endangering state security in…
Pham Doan TRANG
An author, journalist, and pro-democracy activist, Pham Doan Trang remains in prison after her appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for…
Arnon Nampha
A poet and human rights lawyer, Arnon Nampha is serving a cumulative sentence of 18 years and 10 months in prison following a series of trials…