In record year, China, Israel, and Myanmar are world’s leading jailers of journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists 1/24/25, 10:29 AM 2024 prison census top jailers of journalists Key 2024 trends Arbitrary detention Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora (left) talks with reporters on October 18, 2024, in Guatemala City before leaving jail for house arrest. A court later ruled that he return to prison. At right, Jimmy Lai walks through the Stanley prison in Hong Kong in 2023. (Photos, left to right: AP/Moises Castillo; AP/Louise Delmotte) Across the globe, authorities in multiple countries routinely violated due process procedures, including arbitrarily detaining members of the media even after they’d served their sentences or unjustly holding them for extensive periods without trial. Egypt used enforced disappearances – a crime under international law – to intimidate and silence journalists https://cpj.org/thematic-reports/in-record-year-china-israel-and-myanmar-are-worlds-leading-jailers-of-journalists/ Page 3 of 27