533 Journalists were thrown into Prisons around the World in 2022
The number of journalists imprisoned around the world reached a new record of 533 in 2022, compared to 488 last year, according to a Reporters Without Borders (RSF) report published today.
According to RSF, Iran's crackdown on protests contributed to the number of journalists jailed worldwide to a record 533 in 2022.
More than half of them are detained in just five countries: China, which remains "the world's biggest persecutor of journalists" with 110, followed by Myanmar (62), Iran (47), Vietnam (39) and Belarus (31).
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