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Jailed Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists is out with a report today that explores the imprisonment of journalists around the world.

Quick overview: the trend is going from bad to worse.

Via CPJ:

The number of journalists imprisoned worldwide shot up more than 20 percent to its highest level since the mid-1990s, an increase driven largely by widespread jailings across the Middle East and North Africa, the Committee to Protect Journalists has found. In its annual census of imprisoned journalists, CPJ identified 179 writers, editors, and photojournalists behind bars on December 1, an increase of 34 over its 2010 tally.

Iran was the world’s worst jailer, with 42 journalists behind bars, as authorities kept up a campaign of anti-press intimidation that began after the country’s disputed presidential election more than two years ago. Eritrea, China, Burma, Vietnam, Syria, and Turkey also ranked among the world’s worst.

Image: screenshot from a database of imprisoned journalists — along with the stories of their arrests — that is part of the report.

(Source: futurejournalismproject)