Reporters Without Borders News
"At least 127 journalists (professional and non-professional) are currently detained by the regime," Reporters Without Borders informed in a report, revealing the extent of the regime`s campaign of repression against the right to information.
The twin towers of World Trade Centre in New York still stood tall, iPhones were unheard of and the freedom to connect with anyone in seconds through Facebook was an alien concept when Uzbeki journalist Yusuf Ruzimuradov was put behind bars. The charges of anti-state activities were recently dropped and a new world awaits an old but fearless warrior with a pen.
Sixty-five journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2017, according to annual figures published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) today.
China has the maximum number of jailed journalists while North Korea, as expected, is the most dangerous for scribes.
India is ranked 136 of 180 countries and fares better than Pakistan.
Four Scandinavian countries are at the top, followed by The Netherlands.
The Turkey representative for media rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has been held in custody on "terrorist propaganda" charges, media reports said Monday.
The Islamist attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo made France the third deadliest country for journalists in 2015, just behind Syria and Iraq, media freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday.
Two journalists and two cameramen covering Amadou's return on November 14 were arrested and their footage confiscated. They were freed the next day.
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