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2021 marks a sad milestone for Journalists in HK : Committee to Protect Journalists
In the Committee to Protect Journalists (#CPJ) annual report 2021, it revealed that the number of journalists jailed around the world had set another record in 2021, with #China remains the world’s worst jailer of journalists for the third year in a row, with 50 behind bars.
As for Hong Kong, it said that 2021 "marked a sad milestone".
"For the first time journalists in the former British colony appear on CPJ’s annual survey of journalists unjustly imprisoned for their work. Eight. Zero to eight in one year."
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https://cpj.org/2021/12/hong-kongs-sad-media-milestone/
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The number of reporters jailed for their work hit a new global record of 293 in CPJ’s 2021 prison census, up from a revised total of 280 in 2020. Also so far in 2021, at least 24 journalists were killed as a result of their coverage.
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Source : Committee to Protect Journalists; #Dec9
2021 marks a sad milestone for Journalists in HK : Committee to Protect Journalists
In the Committee to Protect Journalists (#CPJ) annual report 2021, it revealed that the number of journalists jailed around the world had set another record in 2021, with #China remains the world’s worst jailer of journalists for the third year in a row, with 50 behind bars.
As for Hong Kong, it said that 2021 "marked a sad milestone".
"For the first time journalists in the former British colony appear on CPJ’s annual survey of journalists unjustly imprisoned for their work. Eight. Zero to eight in one year."
READ FULL ARTICLE:
https://cpj.org/2021/12/hong-kongs-sad-media-milestone/
RELATED ARTICLE:
https://cpj.org/2021/12/attacks-on-the-press-in-2021/
The number of reporters jailed for their work hit a new global record of 293 in CPJ’s 2021 prison census, up from a revised total of 280 in 2020. Also so far in 2021, at least 24 journalists were killed as a result of their coverage.
#NationalSecurityLaw #FreedomOfSpeech #PressFreedom #JimmyLai #AppleDaily
Source : Committee to Protect Journalists; #Dec9
Committee to Protect Journalists
‘Taken into a cage’: Hong Kong’s sad media milestone - Committee to Protect Journalists
The year 2021 marks a sad milestone in Hong Kong. For the first time journalists in the former British colony appear on CPJ’s annual survey of journalists unjustly imprisoned for their work. Eight. Zero to eight in one year. I first visited Hong Kong nearly…