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| Subject: China is world's worst jailer of the press; global tally second worst on record Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:16 pm | |
| More than 200 journalists are imprisoned for their work for the third consecutive year, reflecting a global surge in authoritarianism. China is the world’s worst jailer of journalists in 2014.
The Committee to Protect Journalists identified 220 journalists in jail around the world in 2014, an increase of nine from 2013. The tally marks the second-highest number of journalists in jail since CPJ began taking an annual census of imprisoned journalists in 1990, and highlights a resurgence of authoritarian governments in countries such as China, Ethiopia, Burma, and Egypt.
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https://cpj.org/reports/2014/12/journalists-in-prison-china-is-worlds-worst-jailer.php |
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