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@pressfreedom
Dec 14, 2022 • 9 tweets • 9 min read • Read on X
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Journalist imprisonments reach a record high, according to CPJ’s 2022 prison census.

Worst jailers:

#Iran 62 journalists imprisoned
#China 43
#Myanmar 42
#Turkey 40
#Belarus 26
#Egypt 21
#Vietnam 21
#Russia 19
#Eritrea 16
#Saudi Arabia 11

cpj.org/reports/2022/1…
CPJ’s 2022 prison census has found 363 journalists deprived of their freedom as of December 1, 2022—the highest number CPJ has recorded in the 30-year history of the census, overtaking last year’s record by 20% & marking another grim milestone in a deteriorating media landscape.
In a year marked by conflict and repression, authoritarian leaders doubled down on their criminalization of independent reporting, deploying increasing cruelty to stifle dissenting voices and undermine #pressfreedom

Read more: cpj.org/reports/2022/1…
In #Iran, dozens of journalists—22 of them women—are among the thousands of Iranians arrested during the crackdown on protests sparked by the death in police custody of #MahsaAmini, a young Kurdish woman arrested for allegedly breaking Iran’s hijab law.

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#China’s tight media censorship & citizens' fear of speaking out makes it especially difficult to research the exact number of journalists among its prison population. Against that backdrop, CPJ was able to document 43 journalists jailed in China in 2022.

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At least 42 journalists in #Myanmar were in jail on December 1, 2022—up from 30 in 2021—as the regime doubled down on its efforts to mute reporters and disrupt the country’s few remaining independent media outlets.

#FreeThePress

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The number of journalists held in #Turkey more than doubled from 18 in 2021 to 40 in 2022 after the arrests of 25 Kurdish journalists amid the country’s ongoing efforts to silence those it associates with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party
#FreeThePress
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#Belarus held 26 journalists in custody on December 1, up from 19 last year. The arrests have taken place against the backdrop of Lukashenko’s ongoing vindictiveness against those covering the aftermath of his disputed 2020 election.

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A key driver behind the record number of journalists jailed in 2022 is authoritarian governments’ increasingly oppressive efforts to stifle the media, trying to keep the lid on broiling discontent in a world disrupted by COVID-19 & Russia’s war on Ukraine

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CPJ documented 99 journalists killed worldwide in 2023, and 320 journalists imprisoned for their work as of the December 1 date of our annual prison census.

CPJ's interactive map shows journalist killings and jailings in 2023: cpj.org/2024/02/attack…Image
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Explore CPJ's interactive map of journalist killings and jailings in 2023: cpj.org/2024/02/attack…Image
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In 2023, the top five jailers of journalists were China, Myanmar, Belarus, Russia, and Vietnam, respectively.

Explore CPJ's interactive map of journalist killings and jailings in 2023: cpj.org/2024/02/attack…Image
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May 9, 2023
Read CPJ’s new report, “Deadly Pattern: 20 journalists died by Israeli military fire in 22 years. No one has been held accountable.” below:

cpj.org/reports/2023/0…
#ShireenAbuAkleh’s “shooting sent a chill through the Palestinian and foreign press corps, which again saw that reporters on assignment can be killed or injured with impunity. It also robbed the world of a vital, on-the-ground source of news about Israel's actions in the occupied… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
"Israel, as a self-styled liberal democracy, stands out among Western nations for its refusal to open criminal investigations in line with international standards into media deaths."

CPJ's Director of Special Projects @RobertMMahoney in @haaretzcom

haaretz.com/opinion/2023-0…
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May 9, 2023
🧵: In CPJ’s new report, “Deadly Pattern,” CPJ provides recommendations to #Israel, to the United States, and to the international community. Image
In our new report, CPJ calls on Israel to open criminal investigations into the cases of murdered journalists Shireen Abu Akleh, Ahmed Abu Hussein, and Yaser Murtaja

Read all of our recommendations to Israel → cpj.org/reports/2023/0…

#EndImpunity #PressFreedom #ShireenAbuAkleh… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
In our new report, CPJ calls on the United States to provide an urgently needed comprehensive public update on the status of the FBI’s investigation into the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh.

Read all of our recommendations to the United States → cpj.org/reports/2023/0…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
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May 9, 2023
NEW REPORT: Since 2001, CPJ has documented at least 20 journalist killings by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The vast majority — 18 — were Palestinian. No one has ever been charged or held accountable for these deaths.

Read more in CPJ’s new report → cpj.org/reports/2023/0…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
On May 11, 2022, Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot in the head while reporting in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Jenin.

Ahead of the first anniversary of her murder, CPJ revisited 20 cases of journalists killed by the Israel Defense… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
These are the 20 journalists killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) since 2001:

Muhammad al-Bishawi
Raffaele Ciriello
Imad Abu Zahra
Issam Tillawi
Nazih Darwazeh
James Miller
Mohamed Abu Halima
Fadel Shana
Basil Nabil Ibrahim Faraj
Hussam Salama
Mahmoud al-Kumi
Hamid Shihab… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
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Jan 11, 2023
Iranian journalists face long prison terms, lashes, and harsh restrictions over protest coverage
cpj.org/2023/01/irania…
Iranian authorities have arrested at least 88 journalists since September 2022, when mass protests erupted across the country following the death of a 22-year-old woman, #MahsaAmini, after morality police arrested her.
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Of the 88 journalists arrested since September 2022, #Iran authorities have charged nearly all with “spreading propaganda against the ruling system” and “colluding and acting against national security.”
cpj.org/2023/01/irania…
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Jan 11, 2023
Two Peruvian journalists injured in hit-and-run
cpj.org/2023/01/two-pe…
#Peru: Journalist Pablo Torres told CPJ he believed he was targeted for reporting on alleged corruption and mismanagement by the local government in #Bellavista.
cpj.org/2023/01/two-pe…
“Peruvian police must conduct a swift and transparent investigation to determine whether attackers targeted La Ribareña journalists Luis Angulo and Pablo Torres for their work,” said @cmdelaserna, CPJ’s program director.

cpj.org/2023/01/two-pe…
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