According to a report released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on its official website today, China once again held the title of "the world's largest prison for journalists" by detaining as many as 110 journalists.

(European News Agency)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released a report on its official website today stating that the death of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Kurdish woman in September this year, ignited anger across the country. The authorities tried to suppress the demonstrators Indirectly contributing to the number of journalists imprisoned around the world, the total number has reached 533, a record high.

Among them, 110 people were detained in China, which once again became the "world's largest prison for journalists".

The RSF report also mentioned that the number of imprisoned journalists worldwide will increase from 488 in 2021 to 533 in 2022, with more than half of journalists detained in five countries.

Among them, China continued to hold the top spot in the list of the "world's largest journalist prisons" with 110 people imprisoned; the number of other countries imprisoned was 62 in Myanmar, 47 in Iran, 39 in Vietnam, and 31 in Belarus.

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RSF Secretary-General Christophe Deloire also mentioned in a statement that "dictatorships and authoritarian regimes are filling up their prisons faster than ever before by imprisoning journalists", and said that the number of detained journalists hit a record high. The record high confirms the urgent need for the public to resist these unscrupulous governments, "We want to express to all the ideals of freedom of the press, independence and pluralism and show our active solidarity ".

According to RSF, they have continued to publish this annual data since 1995, but they did not include Iran in the statistics last year. On the 16th, he died in the custody of the religious police and detonated protests across Iran. The Iranian authorities detained at least 34 media professionals at an "unprecedented" speed.

In addition, RSF also pointed out that the number of imprisoned female journalists in the world has once again hit a new high, increasing from 60 in 2021 to 78 in 2022, and mentioned that the reason for this record increase may be because there are more and more journalists in modern times. More and more women are willing to enter this dangerous industry.

The RSF report mentioned that the death of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Kurdish woman, was indirectly contributing to the number of journalists imprisoned around the world as authorities cracked down on protesters.

(Reuters)