Chinese flags wave in front of the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China. A report by the Committee to Protect Journalists said China imprisoned at least 48 journalists in 2019.China imprisoned at least 48 journalists in 2019, more than any other country, displacing Turkey as the most oppressive place for the profession, a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Wednesday.
China’s total rose by one since last year. The report noted that “the number has steadily increased since President Xi Jinping consolidated political control of the country.”“A crackdown in Xinjiang province – where a million members of Muslim ethnic groups have been sent to internment camps – has led to the arrests of dozens of journalists, including some apparently jailed for journalistic activity years earlier,” the report said.
When asked about the number of journalists jailed in China, Hua said she could not confirm the figure, adding that China was a country where the rule of law prevailed and no one was above the law.Turkey imprisoned 47 journalists in 2019, down from 68 last year. Saudi Arabia and Egypt, both with 26; Eritrea with 16; Vietnam, with 12; and Iran with 11 were the next-most oppressive countries for journalists, the report said.
The “mainstream” media in Communist China is no more than a propaganda tool, while those who reveal the truth are being suppressed/ imprisoned. FreedomofPress HumanRights
Like master, like man.
I’m so *PROUD* of you CCP-China. You’re the best in jailing those disclosing the truth and defending their own rights🙂 chinazi Censorship Totalitarianism PressFreedom silence
vvvickie1 evil vcp。。。
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The CCP knows, truth is a powerful weapon which can expose the true color of them. That's why they have to control the media and jail the journalists who try to report the truth
I think the actual number is much more 🤔
CCP is too shameful to let their too awful news, for example how they treat the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, to expose.
Please save the journalists 🙏
Chinazi
China’s situations especially on human rights abuses, surveillance and oppressions, economic collapsing are getting worse. China fears the truth to be revealed by Journalists.
So ugly and so evil!
A country sacred of truth, China has a bad reputation of hating journalists.
HuaweiFacts Huawei and they spy for China
To silence reporters are crucial for CCP to stay in power. Lots of Chinese believe that China has Human Rights and lots of freedom.
Communist China the world champion
NO trade with communist china!
China is not a free country at all...
Another number 1 for China.
The CCP knows, truth is a powerful weapon which can expose the true color of them. That's why they have to control the media and jail the journalists who try to report the truth
There are more targets on China's list
Congratulations China, you come first again! No country wanted it anyway.
China officials hate journalists, that uncovered their foreign assets & investment
Also if you check CPJ they constantly tweet about justice for Julian Assange. Yet you don’t write about that. FreeAssangeNOW
Our buddies Turkey and Saudi did too, should we not condemn them too?
They didn't imprison any journalists on a par with Assange. But his imprisonment has all the earmarks of what supposedly could be expected from China.
You did it ccp ! Congrats! Champion of suppress freedom( of press and speech and more) and human rights
fktws HongKongPolice is learning
China has no freedom of news
CCP is the new evil empire; and see itself the world ruler.
A big joke: China has freedom CCP
That's just proves that china is just a Totalitarian nation
The world has to stand up to defend freedom of press.
Journalists, lawyers... everyone who tell the truth was arrested. The 709 crackdown was a nationwide crackdown on Chinese lawyers and human rights activists instigated by dIctator Xi during the summer of 2015. It is known as the '709 crackdown'. HumanRights
In Canada the government just purchases ours. Far more civilized.
Of course it, it's a dictatorship stupid.
But they (Chinese journalists) were allowed to attend our leaders debates and Canadian internet media journalists Rebel and True North were refused!!! The truly sad part was that not a single Canadian media outlet said a word. You should all be ashamed, freedom of the press?
Pooing in your pants?
They didn't just arrest, they shot at journalists. Video from less than a month ago in Hong Kong
Decouple
They have more of them
One way to deal with fake news and those pretending to care.
Real news!
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