During a global health pandemic, when journalism is more important than ever, governments around the world are imprisoning a record number of journalists, 274, dozens on #FakeNews charges, most on anti-state and terrorism charges & many without charges cpj.org/reports/2020/1…
This is the 5th consecutive year of record highs with #China #Turkey #Egypt and #SaudiArabia once again topping this ignoble list of the world's leading jailers of journalists. In Iran, 15 journalists were imprisoned on Dec 1, and on Dec 12 one of them #Roohollah_Zam was executed 
Thirty-six journalists (13%) of those in prison are female. Some covered women’s rights in #Iran #SaudiArabia others while covering protests in #Belarus. Although women may be underrepresented among journalists in jail, they're overrepresented in experiencing online harassment.
One of the most important things I do in my job at @pressfreedom is advocate for the release of jailed journalists. This year's #FreeThePress campaign garnered 190+ partners & thousands of signatures calling for their release amid #COVID19 cpj.org/campaigns/free…
And these campaigns DO make a difference! Our @pressfreedom advocacy helped lead to the early release of at least 75 imprisoned journalists this year; @OneFreePress Coalition & #HoldTheLine can make sure these journalists under threat know we have their back
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