Thread: Number of jailed journalists reached global high

293 Journalists were imprisoned by December 1st.

I won't say who was top of the hit parade, but the most common charge was "Hurting widdle Mr. Shithole's feewings".

China imprisoned 50 journalists, the most of any country, followed by Myanmar (26), which arrested reporters as part of a crackdown after its Feb 1 military coup, then Egypt (25), Vietnam (23) and Belarus (19), the CPJ said.

Number of jailed journalists reached global high

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Number of jailed journalists reached global high

Makes sense as the world's population has never been higher. :-)

So China, with 18.47% of the Worlds population, has !7% of the Worlds jailed journalists. Clear proof of the Uyghur Genocide!!!!


Meanwhile the USA, with an incarceration rate of 639 people per 100,000 population- is the Land of the Free!!

Originally Posted by sabang

Clear proof of the Uyghur Genocide!!!!

Knob.

Originally Posted by sabang

the Land of the Free!!

Though not for the thousands of children serving Life Without Parole. :/

The US is one of only 2 countries in the world that sentences children aged 13 to LWOP.


The other country is BongoWongoDongoland or sum'ing.

Originally Posted by Edmond

Though not for the thousands of children serving Life Without Parole. :/

The US is one of only 2 countries in the world that sentences children aged 13 to LWOP.


The other country is BongoWongoDongoland or sum'ing.

More whataboutism.

That wouldn't get you jailed in chinkystan would it Hoohoo?

But say Mr. Shithole looks like Winnie the Pooh and you'll be lucky if you see daylight again.

Silly buggers, if they never broke the law they'd still be free.

Originally Posted by sabang

So China, with 18.47% of the Worlds population, has !7% of the Worlds jailed journalists.

Jailed journalists per head of population is an illuminating measure, then?

Just when it seemed your posts couldn't be more absurd you pull that out of the hat.

Is jail population on a per capita basis equally absurd syb? Or average income per capita? Or GDP growth? Should we just abandon statistical analysis altogether because auntie syb thinks that is absurd? I'm sure you are not alone in feeling discomfited by these awkward, pesky numbers.

Turkey is up there with the best.

Where The Most Journalists Are Imprisoned Worldwide

JAILED JOURNALISTS

by Katharina Buchholz,
Nov 15, 2021
274 journalists were in jail due to their work as of 2020, a figure that exceeds the high of 272 recorded in 2016. More than 250 journalists are behind bars for the fifth consecutive year amid a lack of global leadership on democratic values, particularly in the United States. China is the worst jailer with 47 journalists identified as being in prison there. Turkey came second with 37 while Egypt came third with 27.
China and Turkey have consistently vied for the unenviable title of the word's worst jailer of journalists. In line with President Xi Jinping consolidating his control over the country and implementing tighter controls on the media, China has continued to imprison members of the media and it moved into first position in 2019. Arrests of journalists have been notable amid a Muslim crackdown in Xinjiang province and some of those have been incarcerated for journalism activity carried out years earlier. Arrests have continued amid the coverage of the pandemic's outbreak in Wuhan.
Turkey comes for imprisonments with its total noticeably in recent years. That decline is not as positive as it seems and does not represent an improvement in the fortunes of Turkish media. Rather, it reflects successful efforts by President Erdoğan to clamp down on independent reporting and criticism. Dozens of journalists that are not currently in jail in Turkey are still facing trial or appeal and could yet be sentenced while others who have been sentenced in absentia could face lengthy stints behind bars upon their return to the country.
Egypt has continued to arrest and charge journalists with its total number reaching 27, matching a record set in 2016. According to the CPJ, the crackdown has continued sometimes because of rather than in spite of Covid-19 with at least three journalists arrested for their work covering the pandemic. Saudi Arabia's attitude towards critical journalism hardly needs an introduction after the barbaric murder of Jamal Khashoggi. As of 2020, 24 journalists are in prison in the kingdom.



Katharina Buchholz
Data Journalist
katharina.buchholz@statista.com

Yeh but no's 2,3 & 4 are OK because they are our Friends, so I am sure they must have good reasons. We should only pick on China, Iran & Russia.

That's a pretty silly thing to say.

Not condemning all doesn't negate the condemnation of one and they are objectively the worst offenders.

But isn't that kinda what the MSM says? Or leaves unsaid?

Originally Posted by sabang

But isn't that kinda what the MSM says? Or leaves unsaid?

Dunno, MSM isn't one homogenous mass and I don't really give a fuck or pay any attention to it anyways.

My point is just that 'Well herpes is bad also so don't look at HIV' is a bad argument.

Seems Harry's figures are wrong

Nearly 400 journalists jailed worldwide in 2020, most in China: RSF


14/12/2020 - 13:56



Algerian journalists gathered Monday in the capital Algiers to demand the release of their colleague Khaled Drareni, who was sentenced earlier this month to three years in jail for "inciting an unarmed gathering" and "endangering national unity" AFP
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Nearly 400 journalists were arbitrarily arrested in 2020, according to an annual report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Five countries, led by China, account for more than half of the arrests.





The report, published on Monday, says 387 professional and citizen journalists were placed behind bars for practising their profession. Like the year before, China topped the list, with 117 journalists detained, followed by Egypt (30), Saudi Arabia (34), Vietnam (28) and Syria (27).




According to the report, the number of women journalists put in prison rose from 31 a year ago to 42.
The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a "significant spike in press freedom violations", favoured by "emergency laws or emergency measures adopted" in most countries.
The NGO found a fourfold increase in arbitrary arrests of journalists during the first three months of the Covid-19 pandemic from March to May 2020.




The report adds that from the start of February to the end of November 2020, arbitrary arrests alone represented 35 percent of the press freedom violations logged.

A new increase in the number of incidents is also noticeable since the beginning of the autumn" which corresponded to the onset of the second wave of the epidemic.
While the journalists arrested for reporting on the pandemic were generally released after a few hours, days or weeks, 14 are "still behind bars" in Asia (7 in China, 2 in Bangladesh, 1 in Burma), in the Middle East. East (2 in Iran, 1 in Jordan) and in Africa (1 in Rwanda).
The NGO added that at least 54 journalists were currently being held hostage in Syria, Yemen, and Iraq. The report identifies four journalists who have been reported missing in 2020. They are from the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.

I notice the Fils does not appear in these despatches. I can only assume that is because they do not jail those pesky journo's, they just massacre them.

Originally Posted by Chico

Seems Harry's figures are wrong

Nearly 400 journalists jailed worldwide in 2020, most in China: RSF

That's 2020.

And it's "jailed", not "in jail".

Try and keep up you bumbling nimcompoop.

Originally Posted by sabang

I notice the Fils does not appear in these despatches.

Could you please try just a bit more?

I can’t be arsed working out your baby-speak.

Thanks in advance.

No syb, I won't, Go back to sleep.