Record number of journalists jailed

The number of jailed journalists reached a global high in 2021, with China and Myanmar putting a quarter of the 293 media workers behind bars, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
  

IMPRISONMENTS BY COUNTRY (as of Dec 1, 2021)

China 		50
Myanmar 	26
Egypt 		25 
Vietnam 	23 
Belarus 	19 
Turkey 		18 
Eritrea 	16 
Russia 		14 
Saudi Arabia 	14 
Iran 		11 
Ethiopia 	9
India 		7
Rwanda 		7
Bahrain 	6 
Cameroon 	6
Cambodia 	4
Iraq 		4
Syria 		4
Cuba 		3
Morocco		3

Others: Algeria (2), Azerbaijan (2), Benin (2), Israel (2), Nicaragua (2), Somalia (2),
Uzbekistan (2), Bangladesh (1), Brazil (1), Central African Republic (1), Democratic
Republic of Congo (1), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (1), Nigeria (1), Philippines (1), Sri Lanka (1), Turkmenistan (1)

At least 24 journalists were killed as direct result of their coverage*
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
*18 others died in uncertain circumstances


Source: CPJ 
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