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Turkey leads World in Jailing Journalists, Overtakes China
At least 81 journalists are currently behind bars in Turkey facing charges related to their work -- the highest number in any one country at any one time, according to the CPJ. Dozens more journalists are imprisoned in Turkey but the CPJ was unable to confirm a direct link to their work.China, which had the most journalists in jail in 2015 and 2014, dropped to second spot. There were 38 behind bars in 2016. China has been named the world's worst jailer of journalists 18 times since 1990. Egypt, Eritrea, and Ethiopia are third, fourth and fifth worst jailers of journalists, according to the report. [of course in some places they kill journalists rather than jail them] Posted by: lord garth 2016-12-14 |
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