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Idadi hiyo ni kwa mujibu wa Kamati ya Kutetea Waandishi wa Habari kupitia ripoti yake ya mwisho wa mwaka huku ikibainisha kuwa mwaka 2018 idadi hiyo ilikuwa Waandishi 255
China ni ya kwanza kwa kufunga Wanahabari 48 ndani ya mwaka huu huku Uturuki ikiwa nafasi ya pili ikiwa imefunga Wanahabari 47, Saudi Arabia 26, Misri 26, Eritrea 16, Vietnam 12 na Iran 11
Ripoti hiyo imeeleza kuwa idadi ya Waandishi waliofungwa China imeongezeka tangu pale Rais Xi Jinping alipoimarisha udhibiti wake wa kisiasa nchini humo
China imekuwa ya kwanza kwa mwaka huu na kuipita Uturuki ambayo katika ripoti ya mwaka jana ilikuwa imefunga Waandishi wa Habari 68
Aidha, idadi ya Waandishi wa Habari waliofungwa kutokana na kuandika "Habari za Uongo" imeongezeka kutoka 28 mwaka jana hadi 30 mwaka huu
Kujua zaidi, tembelea China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt are world's worst jailers of journalists
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For the fourth consecutive year, at least 250 journalists are imprisoned globally as authoritarians like Xi Jinping, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Mohammed bin Salman, and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi show no signs of letting up on the critical media
China has imprisoned at least 48 journalists so far in 2019, more than any other country, displacing Turkey as the most oppressive place for the profession, a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said.
The report, released on Wednesday, noted that the number has "steadily increased since President Xi Jinping consolidated political control" in the Communist-ruled country.
"A crackdown in Xinjiang province - where a million members of [the] Muslim ethnic group have been sent to internment camps - has led to the arrests of dozens of journalists, including some apparently jailed for journalistic activity years earlier," the report said.
Besides China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are among the world's worst jailers of journalists, followed by Eritrea, Vietnam and Iran.
At least 250 journalists have been imprisoned for their work across the world as of December 1. According to the CPJ, a majority of jailed journalists faced anti-state charges.
However, the number of them charged with "fake news" rose to 30, compared with 28 last year, and one in 2012. Earlier this year, Russia and Singapore also introduced controversial anti-fake news laws.
Turkey, the second-worst country on the list, closed down more than 100 news outlets and imprisoned 47 journalists in 2019.
Instability and recent protests in the Middle East also led to a rise in the number of journalists jailed in the region.
Saudi Arabia arrested 26 journalists in 2019, putting it at par with Egypt as the world's third-worst jailer.
In Saudi Arabia, no charges have been disclosed in 18 of the cases, the CPJ report said. The watchdog said it is concerned over reports of "beating, burning and starving political prisoners, including four journalists".
In sub-Saharan Africa, of the 39 journalists jailed, 16 were in Eritrea, "where most have not been heard from for nearly two decades". Cameroon was the second-worst in the region.
In Asia, Vietnam was listed as the second-worst country after China, with 12 journalists jailed, while in the Americas, three journalists were put behind bars.
"The record number of journalists jailed for their work in recent years is a cause for alarm," said Courtney Radsch, CPJ's advocacy director. "Each one represents a case of censorship, not to mention a human being deprived of their rights."
To know more: China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt are world's worst jailers of journalists
China ni ya kwanza kwa kufunga Wanahabari 48 ndani ya mwaka huu huku Uturuki ikiwa nafasi ya pili ikiwa imefunga Wanahabari 47, Saudi Arabia 26, Misri 26, Eritrea 16, Vietnam 12 na Iran 11
Ripoti hiyo imeeleza kuwa idadi ya Waandishi waliofungwa China imeongezeka tangu pale Rais Xi Jinping alipoimarisha udhibiti wake wa kisiasa nchini humo
China imekuwa ya kwanza kwa mwaka huu na kuipita Uturuki ambayo katika ripoti ya mwaka jana ilikuwa imefunga Waandishi wa Habari 68
Aidha, idadi ya Waandishi wa Habari waliofungwa kutokana na kuandika "Habari za Uongo" imeongezeka kutoka 28 mwaka jana hadi 30 mwaka huu
Kujua zaidi, tembelea China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt are world's worst jailers of journalists
*****
For the fourth consecutive year, at least 250 journalists are imprisoned globally as authoritarians like Xi Jinping, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Mohammed bin Salman, and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi show no signs of letting up on the critical media
China has imprisoned at least 48 journalists so far in 2019, more than any other country, displacing Turkey as the most oppressive place for the profession, a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said.
The report, released on Wednesday, noted that the number has "steadily increased since President Xi Jinping consolidated political control" in the Communist-ruled country.
"A crackdown in Xinjiang province - where a million members of [the] Muslim ethnic group have been sent to internment camps - has led to the arrests of dozens of journalists, including some apparently jailed for journalistic activity years earlier," the report said.
Besides China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are among the world's worst jailers of journalists, followed by Eritrea, Vietnam and Iran.
At least 250 journalists have been imprisoned for their work across the world as of December 1. According to the CPJ, a majority of jailed journalists faced anti-state charges.
However, the number of them charged with "fake news" rose to 30, compared with 28 last year, and one in 2012. Earlier this year, Russia and Singapore also introduced controversial anti-fake news laws.
Turkey, the second-worst country on the list, closed down more than 100 news outlets and imprisoned 47 journalists in 2019.
Instability and recent protests in the Middle East also led to a rise in the number of journalists jailed in the region.
Saudi Arabia arrested 26 journalists in 2019, putting it at par with Egypt as the world's third-worst jailer.
In Saudi Arabia, no charges have been disclosed in 18 of the cases, the CPJ report said. The watchdog said it is concerned over reports of "beating, burning and starving political prisoners, including four journalists".
In sub-Saharan Africa, of the 39 journalists jailed, 16 were in Eritrea, "where most have not been heard from for nearly two decades". Cameroon was the second-worst in the region.
In Asia, Vietnam was listed as the second-worst country after China, with 12 journalists jailed, while in the Americas, three journalists were put behind bars.
"The record number of journalists jailed for their work in recent years is a cause for alarm," said Courtney Radsch, CPJ's advocacy director. "Each one represents a case of censorship, not to mention a human being deprived of their rights."
To know more: China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt are world's worst jailers of journalists