list of people imprisoned for editing Wikipedia

Mark Bernstein ({{langx|ru|Марк Израйлевич Бернштейн|label=none}}), a Belarusian editor of the Russian Wikipedia, was detained on 11 March 2022 for violating the Russian 2022 war censorship laws by editing Wikipedia articles about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and sentenced to 15 days detention and three years of restricted freedom.{{cite news |title=Belarusian Blogger Handed Parole-Like Sentence |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-blogger-wikipedia-bernshteyn-sentence/31913727.html |newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=24 June 2022|archive-date=25 June 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220625211756/https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-blogger-wikipedia-bernshteyn-sentence/31913727.html|url-status=live | language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Song |first1=Victoria |title=A top Wikipedia editor has been arrested in Belarus |date=11 March 2022 |newspaper=The Verge |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/11/22973293/wikipedia-editor-russia-belarus-ukraine |access-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311225449/https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/11/22973293/wikipedia-editor-russia-belarus-ukraine |archive-date=11 March 2022 |url-status=live | language=en}}{{cite news |language=ru |title=В Беларуси задержали Марка Бернштейна — активиста и популяризатора интернет-энциклопедии Wikipedia.org |trans-title=Mark Bernstein – an activist and populariser of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia – was detained in Belarus |date=11 March 2022 |newspaper=Zerkalo.io |url=https://news.zerkalo.io/life/11113.html |access-date=12 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311151744/https://news.zerkalo.io/life/11113.html |archive-date=11 March 2022 |url-status=live}}

Pavel Pernikaŭ ({{langx|be|Павел Аляксандравіч Пернікаў|label=none}}),Also spelt Pavel Pernikov when transliterated from {{langx|ru|Павел Перников|label=none}} a Belarusian editor of the Belarusian Wikipedia, was sentenced on 7 April 2022 to two years in a penal colony for online postings "discrediting the Republic of Belarus" including two edits to Wikipedia about political repression in Belarus.{{Cite news |date=7 April 2022 |title=В Беларуси редактора "Википедии" приговорили к 2 годам колонии по статье о "дискредитации" страны |url=https://www.currenttime.tv/a/belarus-redaktora-vikipedii-prigovor-diskreditatsiya-strany/31791261.html |trans-title=In Belarus, the editor of "Wikipedia" was sentenced to 2 years in prison under an article about "discrediting" the country |access-date=20 April 2022 |work=Current Time TV |language=ru |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601165401/https://www.currenttime.tv/a/belarus-redaktora-vikipedii-prigovor-diskreditatsiya-strany/31791261.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=7 April 2022 |title=В Беларуси редактора "Википедии" приговорили к 2 годам колонии за правки в статьях о протестах |trans-title=Wikipedia editor sentenced to 2 years in prison in Belarus for editing articles about protests |url=https://esquire.ru/news/politics-news/07-04-2022/673622-v-belarusi-redaktora-vikipedii-prigovorili-k-2-goda-kolonii-za-pravki-v-statyah-o-protestah/ |access-date=20 April 2022 |work=Esquire (Russian edition) |language=ru |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116061712/https://esquire.ru/news/politics-news/07-04-2022/673622-v-belarusi-redaktora-vikipedii-prigovorili-k-2-goda-kolonii-za-pravki-v-statyah-o-protestah/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=7 April 2022 |title=Редактора Википедии из Бреста приговорили к двум годам колонии за правки к статьям, "дискредитирующие Белоруссию" |trans-title=Wikipedia editor from Brest sentenced to two years in prison for editing articles “discrediting Belarus” |url=https://www.fontanka.ru/2022/04/07/71239691/ |access-date=20 April 2022 |work=Fontanka.ru |language=ru |archive-date=17 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717083419/https://www.fontanka.ru/2022/04/07/71239691/ |url-status=live }}

Osama Khalid ({{langx|ar|أسامة خالد|label=none}}), a Saudi Arabian former administrator of the Arabic Wikipedia, was sentenced to five years imprisonment in September 2020 for "swaying public opinion" and "violating public morals" by making edits "critical about the persecution of political activists in the country".{{Cite news |last=Belanger |first=Ashley |date=6 January 2023 |title=Wikipedia admin jailed for 32 years after alleged Saudi spy infiltration |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/wikipedia-admin-jailed-for-32-years-after-alleged-saudi-spy-infiltration/ |access-date=16 January 2023 |work=Ars Technica |language=en-us |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119203556/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/wikipedia-admin-jailed-for-32-years-after-alleged-saudi-spy-infiltration/ |url-status=live }} Khalid's sentence was increased to 32 years in September 2022 as part of a campaign to lengthen the sentences of political detainees, according to Democracy for the Arab World Now and SMEX, a Lebanese non-governmental organization.{{cite Q|Q116039713}}{{Cite news |date=5 January 2023 |title=Saudi Arabia 'infiltrated' Wikipedia to control content, activists say |url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/investigation-concludes-saudi-arabia-infiltrated-wikipedia-agents-to-control-content |access-date=16 January 2023 |work=Middle East Eye |language=en |archive-date=27 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127143603/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/investigation-concludes-saudi-arabia-infiltrated-wikipedia-agents-to-control-content |url-status=live }}

Ziyad al-Sofiani ({{langx|ar|زياد السفياني|label=none}}), also a former administrator of the Arabic Wikipedia, was likewise charged with "swaying public opinion" and "violating public morals" by making edits "critical about the persecution of political activists in the country". He was sentenced in September 2020 to eight years in prison and was released in March 2025.{{Cite tweet |author=ALQST |author-link=ALQST |user=ALQST_En |number=1899417275733574124 |title=🕊️ Ziyad al-Sufiani has been released after over four and a half years of arbitrary imprisonment.}}

Bassel Khartabil ({{langx|ar|باسل خرطبيل|label=none}}) was a contributor to a number of open-source projects including Wikipedia; his arrest in 2012 was likely connected to his online activity. He was executed at Adra Prison near Damascus in 2015.{{Cite news |date=2 August 2017 |title=Bassel Khartabil: Syrian internet freedom activist 'executed' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40795739 |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315024202/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40795739 |url-status=live }} Several organizations, including the Wikimedia Foundation, established the Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship in his honor in 2017, for an initial period of three years.{{Cite web |last=Maher |first=Katherine |last2=Merkley |first2=Ryan |last3=Surman |first3=Mark |date=11 August 2017 |title=Honoring our friend Bassel: Announcing the Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship |url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2017/08/11/bassel-khartabil-free-culture-fellowship/ |access-date=15 March 2023 |website=Diff |language=en-US |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203232745/https://diff.wikimedia.org/2017/08/11/bassel-khartabil-free-culture-fellowship/ |url-status=live }}

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