Akram AYLISLI
Writer, poet, and playwright Akram Aylisli continued to face charges of resisting the authorities with violence under Article 315.1 of the Criminal Code, which provides for up to three years in prison…
Alina Bárbara LÓPEZ HERNÁNDEZ
The judicial harassment of essayist, editor and researcher Alina Bárbara López Hernández in connection with her writing and activism continued in 2024 (See Case List 2023/2024). In April 2024, López was detained for several hours…
Jorge FERNÁNDEZ ERA
Journalist and author Jorge Fernández Era continued to be subject to judicial harassment in 2024, mainly in retaliation for the humorous weekly column he writes for the magazine La Joven Cuba…
Raymar AGUADO & HERNÁNDEZ Alexander HALL LUJARDO
Art critic and columnist Raymar Aguado Hernández and historian and author Alexander Hall Lujardo continued to be subject to ongoing harassment in 2024 (see Case List 2023/2024). Aguado Hernández was summoned for questioning on 28 June 2024…
Brandi MORIN
On 10 January 2024, police officers arrested Cree/Iroquois/French freelance journalist Brandi Morin while she was reporting on an Indigenous encampment, in Edmonton, Alberta. When police raided the encampment, Morin said she identified herself…
Alejandro ALFIE
Journalist and writer Alejandro Alfie was judicially harassed in 2024. On 7 November 2024, he announced on social media that Esteban Glavinich (owner of the X account @TraductorTeAma and supporter of President Javier Milei) had filed a lawsuit…
Gustavo Andrés GORRITI ELLENBOGEN
On 27 March 2024, Lima prosecutor Alcides Chinchay opened an investigation against prominent journalist and writer Gustavo Gorriti, founder and editor-in-chief of IDL-Reporteros, for alleged bribery and requested that he reveal…
Paola Margot UGAZ CRUZ
Investigative journalist, editor and writer Paola Ugaz continued to face judicial harassment in 2024, with an ongoing investigation for alleged ‘illicit enrichment’ begun in 2023. On 4 September 2024, Ugaz testified at trial hearing…
Maria Amparo CASAR
The Mexican sociologist, columnist, activist and writer faced a smear campaign from then President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2024. The attacks began with the publication of her book, Los puntos sobre las íes: El legado de un…
Kakwenza RUKIRABASHAIJA
Authorities continued to prosecute exiled novelist, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija for ‘offensive communications’ under Section 25 of the Computer Misuse Act although the section was declared…
Innocent BAHATI
The year ended with poet Innocent Bahati still missing since his disappearance on 7 February 2021 after he reportedly went for a dinner meeting with…
Maria RESSA
A journalist and writer, Maria Ressa has been the target of a campaign of judicial harassment and intimidation since her initial arrest on 13 February 2019…
Ragıp ZARAKOLU
Publisher, human rights activist, and PEN Türkiye member Ragıp Zarakolu, was arrested in October 2011 and is facing a sentence of up to 15 years in prison in Türkiye on bogus terrorism charges in connection with a speech he made at an event by the now defunct pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy (BDP) party…
Shahidul ALAM
Photojournalist and social activist Shahidul Alam continued to face an ongoing legal case centred on allegations of ‘giving false information’, ‘hurting…
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…