Record number of jailed journalists in 2017

According to the 2017 prison census of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), 262 journalists are behind bars around the world in relation to their job. Turkey remains the world’s worst jailer for the second consecutive year, with 73 journalists imprisoned, followed by China and Egypt

Publication Date: January 2018

Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Research and Editorial Team: Committee to Protect Journalists

Link: Record number of jailed journalists in 2017

This digest has been produced in cooperation with the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has found that the number of journalists imprisoned has reached a historic high for the second year running.

Their report found that on 1 December 2017, there were 262 journalists imprisoned for their work, up from 259 last year.

Turkey has the greatest number of imprisoned journalists (73) with China and Egypt behind (41 and 20). The numbers do not reflect the amount of journalists imprisoned and released during the year, but the number of journalists behind bars on 1 December 2017.

The report is also available in Arabic , Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.

Tags: Media freedom Turkey Freedom of expression Safety of journalists

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