China worst offender in record-breaking year for jailing of journalists, Turkey follows

China, which has arrested several journalists for their coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, is the world's worst jailer for the second year in a row. According to a annual global survey by the journalists Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent press freedom advocacy organisation, at least 274 journalists have been jailed on December 1, exceeding the high of 272 in 2016.

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