Israel Among Top Jailers of Journalists Worldwide, as Imprisonments Globally Continue Unabated, CPJ Finds
January 19, 2024
January 19, 2024
NEW YORK, Jan. 19 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news release:
Amidst a months-long war, Israel emerged for the first time as one of the world's leading jailers of journalists, with 17 recorded behind bars as of December 1, 2023, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists' (CPJ) annual prison census.
This is the highest number of Palestinian journalists in detention since CPJ began documenting arrests in 1992 and the first time that . . .
Amidst a months-long war, Israel emerged for the first time as one of the world's leading jailers of journalists, with 17 recorded behind bars as of December 1, 2023, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists' (CPJ) annual prison census.
This is the highest number of Palestinian journalists in detention since CPJ began documenting arrests in 1992 and the first time that . . .