In record year, China, Israel, and Myanmar are world’s leading jailers of journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists 1/24/25, 10:29 AM The Committee to Protect Journalists makes the following recommendations to prevent arbitrary and retaliatory incarceration of journalists: 1. End the practice of detention without charge "e International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights–to which the majority of the world’s leading jailers are signatories–provides that no one should be subject to arbitrary arrest or detention. Detention is considered arbitrary when, among other things, a victim is not provided with a legal reason for their arrest nor brought before a judge within a reasonable time. Governments holding journalists without charge must: – Cease the practice of arbitrary detention and immediately release arbitrarily detained journalists. – Ensure authorities do not beat, torture, or otherwise abuse detained journalists. – Investigate all allegations of abuse and mistreatment, and ensure those responsible o%cials are brought to justice. Rights-respecting governments should: – Prioritize ensuring the immediate release of all arbitrarily detained journalists during diplomatic engagements with governments listed as leading jailing of journalists. – Impose targeted sanctions on o%cials and others directly engaged or complicit in the deliberate misuse of law to undermine press freedom rights. – Make compliance with international human rights norms and practices a prerequisite for bi-lateral and multilateral trade and security agreements, particularly where this relates to arbitrary detention, cruel and degrading treatment, and post-prison restrictions. – Ensure that multilateral platforms and/or organizations with a human rights or press freedom mandate prioritize the release of unjustly held journalists. "is includes: 1- Members of the Media Freedom Coalition, a group of more than 50 member states that seek to promote and protect a free press, prioritizing the release of unjustly held journalists by engaging in robust and sustained diplomatic e!orts and public pressure https://cpj.org/thematic-reports/in-record-year-china-israel-and-myanmar-are-worlds-leading-jailers-of-journalists/ Page 21 of 27