250 reporters imprisoned worldwide, most in China
A report by the Committee to Protect Journalists says Turkey is the second-worst jailer of reporters, with 47 thrown behind bars this year. – EPA pic, December 11, 2019.
AT least 250 journalists are jailed around the world, most of them in China, amid a growing crackdown by authoritarian regimes on independent media, said a press watchdog today. Many of those imprisoned face “anti-state” charges or are accused of producing “false news”, said a report by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists , which also cited Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Eritrea, Vietnam and Iran for their jailing of reporters.
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