Over 360 media workers were behind bars in the final month of 2024, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported, highlighting China and Israel as jailing the highest number.
In its annual census, the New York-based organization counted 361 people as being in prison on 1 December 2024, its highest total since 2022, when 370 were counted.
China, Israel, and Myanmar – with 50, 43 and 35 journalists detained, respectively – “emerged as the world’s three worst offenders in another record-setting year for journalists jailed because of their work,” CPJ said.
The organization said China’s “pervasive censorship” made it difficult to determine the exact number…