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Number of jailed journalists reached global high in 2021, at least 24 killed for their coverage: CPJ report
At least 24 journalists were killed because of their coverage, and 18 others died in circumstances that make it too difficult to determine whether they were targeted because of their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday.bookmarkAccording to the latest report released by the Committee to Protect Journalists, a record 293 journalists remain imprisoned as of December 1, 2021 – the highest ever since the organisation started tracking the imprisonment of journalists in 1992. Reuters According to the latest report released by the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 108 journalists were imprisoned between January 1 and December 1, 2021. Reuters According to a recent report released by the Committee to Protect Journalists, since 1992 and as of December 1, 2021, at least 1,440 journalists have been killed globally. Reuters For the first time, the CPJ's list includes journalists incarcerated in Hong Kong – a byproduct of the 2020 national security law, which makes anything Beijing regards as subversion, secession, terrorism or colluding with foreign forces punishable by up to life in prison.
Mexico, where journalists are often targeted when their work upsets criminal gangs or corrupt officials, remains the Western hemisphere's deadliest country for reporters, according to the CPJ.
Reuters
Published at : December 9, 2021
Updated at : December 9, 2021 12:07
The number of journalists worldwide who are behind bars reached a global high in 2021, according to a new report from the nonprofit Committee to Protect Journalists, which says that 293 reporters were imprisoned as of December 1 this year.
At least 24 journalists were killed because of their coverage, and 18 others died in circumstances that make it too difficult to determine whether they were targeted because of their work, the CPJ said on Thursday in its annual survey on press freedom and attacks on the media.
Mexico, where journalists are often targeted when their work upsets criminal gangs or corrupt officials, remains the Western hemisphere's deadliest country for reporters, according to the CPJ.