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Special Report
In record year, China, Israel, and
Myanmar are world’s leading jailers
of journalists
January 16, 2025
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By Arlene Getz/CPJ Editorial Director (https://cpj.org/author/agetz/)
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China, Israel, and Myanmar emerged as the world’s three worst o!enders in
another record-setting year for journalists jailed because of their work, the
Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2024 prison census has found. Belarus and
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