In record year, China, Israel, and Myanmar are world’s leading jailers of journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists 1/24/25, 10:29 AM Myanmar CPJ urges the military regime to work with others to implement U.N. Security Council resolution 2669 (adopted in 2022), which calls for the release of arbitrarily detained prisoners. We urge the U.N. special envoy on Myanmar to meet with press freedom groups and consult journalists in exile ahead of future country visits as she pursues continued constructive engagement with the regime. In seeking to implement ASEAN’s Five-Point-Consensus, the chair and special envoy should consult with exiled journalists and press freedom groups, and advocate for a restoration of press freedom. It is vital that ASEAN assume leadership in securing the prompt release of imprisoned journalists as an initial step in the yet-to-be implemented plan. Belarus and Russia As hundreds of journalists have $ed Belarus and Russia, both countries have signi#cantly increased #ling charges, arrest warrants and sentencing journalists in absentia, making them vulnerable to detention on bogus or fabricated charges, even in exile. Countries that have provided safe refuge to Belarusian and Russian journalists, such as Germany, Sweden, the United States, and the United Kingdom, should protect them from persecution, surveillance, and other harms that may stem from Russia’s arbitrary legal actions. Russia must also refrain from the retaliatory imprisonment of Crimean Tatar journalists as part of its years-long occupation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula. Local authorities and legislators in host countries should further consider taking necessary measures to ensure that their own legal systems and diplomatic relations are not abused for the purposes of retaliating against journalists or using them as political pawns. (Editor’s note: "is report has been updated to correct the number of journalists arrested in Azerbaijan since late 2023.) https://cpj.org/thematic-reports/in-record-year-china-israel-and-myanmar-are-worlds-leading-jailers-of-journalists/ Page 25 of 27