Project Exile: Libyan militia sends journalist fleeing "I know what it feels like to be hunted, because it’s happened before." Libyan journalist Heba Alshibani was no stranger to threats from the North...
Project Exile: Eritrean state media reporter turns critic "When prison became a synonym for Eritrea...you can only flee." In Eritrea, even being part of the East African nation's tame state media is no...
Project Exile: Azeri journalist fled after warning "I was frozen and I didn’t know what to do. I only know that my legs moved to the border." Gulnur Kazimova was at a relative's birthday party...
Project Exile: Eritrean broadcaster waited five years to escape "I felt like I was waking up from a nightmare." Temesghen Debesai Temesghen Debesai decided to flee the East African nation of Eritrea in 2001....
Project Exile: Targeted for organizing Ethiopian journalists “The government was not happy to see that independent journalists wanted to raise their voices and support journalists in prison or simply defend...
Project Exile: Bahrain journalist escaped Arab Spring crackdown "I was in hiding in Bahrain for two years, in a small room inside a house" Few escapes are as dramatic as Ali Abdulemam’s. The celebrated liberal...
Project Exile: Cuban ‘kamikaze’ journalist in Miami exile "I had to walk like 40 or 50 miles into other provinces, trying to reach a place where I had a good enough internet connection to post pictures." In...
Project Exile: Ethiopia state media reporter chased from country "They used to text they know what I am doing and it would only be a matter of time for me to face the consequences." Fasil Girma Aragaw got to know...
Project Exile: Cameroon cartoonist flees Biya repression Art has always been Ako Eyong’s main tool of expression. Ako Eyong Born and raised in Cameroon, Ako graduated from the University of...
Project Exile: On the run from Gambia’s security forces "When they arrested them, I was in hiding for five days." After graduating from high school in 2001, Buya Jammeh dreamed of becoming a journalist....
