The danger they face every day: Over 250 imprisoned journalists in the world

The annual survey of journalists in prison, published on December 13th by the media overseer in New York, found that Turkey, China and Egypt were responsible for the imprisonment of more than half of all journalists.

The report said politics was the most dangerous “struck” for journalists.

The census accounts only for journalists in custody until December 1st, not as many as were imprisoned and released year-round or as missing or held captive by non-state groups.

With the total number of journalists imprisoned in December 262 in December 2017 and 259 last year, the organisation's Executive Director, Joel Simon, said the global “attacks on journalists who have intensified in recent years does not show signs of setback”.

“Tirans who use imprisonment to impose censorship cannot be allowed,” also said Simon.

The biggest responsibility of the arrest of journalists in the world, for the third consecutive year, remains Turkey, with at least 68 imprisoned journalists -- all charged with counterstate action.

Of 251 journalists imprisoned worldwide, 70 per cent are held due to charges of anti-state action, while 28 per cent due to “false news “

The report says that an increase in the number of journalists imprisoned in China was the result of the end of the “persecution section of Beijing” of the ethnic minority were found in the northwest region of Xinjiang. At least 10 journalists in China were held without charge, all in Xinjiang, where the United Nations has accused Beijing of mass oversight and the arrest of up to a million people without trial,” said the Committee for the Protection of Journalists. /rel