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"Each journalist in prison is by definition a journalist prevented from working. But it's also a journalist who will be intimidated in the future. And it’s hundreds or even thousands of colleagues feeling a threat hanging over their heads" - RSF
According to Reporters Without Borders, a total of 779 journalists were jailed in 2023, and 547 remain under detention – either in prison or under house arrest – in 45 nations