Number of journalists behind bars reaches global high

CPJ’s 2021 prison census found that the number of reporters jailed for their work hit a new global record of 293, up from a revised total of 280 in 2020. At least 24 journalists were killed because of their coverage so far this year; another 18 others died in murky circumstances.

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