2014 prison census: 221 journalists jailed worldwide

2014 prison census: 221 journalists jailed worldwide - Committee to Protect Journalists

As of December 1, 2014
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• Algeria: 1
• Azerbaijan: 9
• Bahrain: 6
• Bangladesh: 3
• Belarus: 1
• Burma: 10
• Cameroon: 2
• China: 44
• Cuba: 1
• Democratic Republic of Congo: 1
• Egypt: 12
• Eritrea: 23
• Ethiopia: 17
• Gambia: 1
• India: 1
• Iran: 30

• Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: 4
• Kuwait: 1
• Kyrgyzstan: 1
• Macedonia: 1
• Mauritania: 1
• Mexico: 1
• Morocco: 1
• Russia: 1
• Saudi Arabia: 4
• Somalia: 2
• Swaziland: 1
• Syria: 12
• Thailand: 2
• Turkey: 7
• Uzbekistan: 4
• Vietnam: 16