FILE - Journalists take part in a protest against the recent imprisonment by Myanmar authorities of Reuters journalists Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, outside the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 7, 2018.

63B96805-DD56-428E-9874-3E4C7B1B46D0_cx0_cy2_cw0_w1023_r1_s — FILE - Journalists take part in a protest against the recent imprisonment by Myanmar authorities of Reuters journalists Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, outside the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 7, 2018.

Journalists Jailed in Record Numbers Worldwide

October 1, 2018

United Nations – Journalists are being jailed in unprecedented numbers across the globe, with 262 detained for their work at the end of 2017, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

“The jailing of journalists is a brutal form of censorship that is having a profound impact on the flow of information around the world,” CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon told a press freedom event Friday at the United Nations.

At the end of 2017, the worst offenders were Turkey, with 73 journalists jailed; China with 41; and Egypt with 20.

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