An international non-profit organization says the number of journalists who are in prison for their work has reached a record high this year.
The Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ, announced on Thursday as of December 1, 293 journalists were behind bars worldwide. That's the most since records began in 1992.
The CPJ said China imprisoned more journalists than any other country for the third year in a row, with 50 in custody. Next was Myanmar with 26, and Egypt with 25.
The report mentions Jimmy Lai, founder of Hong Kong's now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, which was critical of Beijing. He was indicted for allegedly violating Hong Kong's national security law.
The CPJ said Myanmar's second place was due to the media crackdown that followed its February 1 military coup.
The Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ, announced on Thursday as of December 1, 293 journalists were behind bars worldwide. That's the most since records began in 1992.
The CPJ said China imprisoned more journalists than any other country for the third year in a row, with 50 in custody. Next was Myanmar with 26, and Egypt with 25.
The report mentions Jimmy Lai, founder of Hong Kong's now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, which was critical of Beijing. He was indicted for allegedly violating Hong Kong's national security law.
The CPJ said Myanmar's second place was due to the media crackdown that followed its February 1 military coup.
◆CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists
◆in a row 連続して happening a number of times, one after the other 類義語 consecutively
◆now-defunct 今は存在しない、廃止された not existing anymore, or not useful anymore
◆indict 起訴する to officially charge someone with a criminal offence
◆allegedly （真偽は分からないが）伝えられるところによれば、～とされている used when reporting something that people say is true, although it has not been proved
◆crackdown 弾圧、厳しく取り締まること action that is taken to deal more strictly with crime, a problem, protests etc