Jailed Journalists

Via the Committee to Protect Journalists:  Second worst year on record for jailed journalists

Turkey, Iran, and China accounted for more than half of all journalists imprisoned around the world in 2013, the Committee to Protect Journalists has found. In its annual census, CPJ identified 211 journalists jailed for their work, the second worst year on record after 2012, when 232 journalists were behind bars.

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The list of top 10 worst jailers of journalists was rounded out by Eritrea, Vietnam, Syria,Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Uzbekistan.

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Steven L. Taylor
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter

Comments

  1. Tillman says:

    They raise an outcry in the media here when we even think of prosecuting journalists.

    We’re definitely pampered.

  2. @Tillman: A key indicator of democracy is how journalists are treated.