BRIAN ROSS REPORTS
- Troopergate Probe OK, AK Supremes Say
- Todd Palin Pushed Firing for Years, Probe Told
- Let's Get Ready to Rumble!
- Todd Speaks! (Kind of)
- Palin Aides to Testify
- Troopergate Heads to High Court
- Troopergate Suits Tossed
- Another Private Palin Email Account?
- Probe Challenges Head to Court
- Troopergate Suit "Political, Not Legal," Lawmakers Charge
TOP BLOTTER CATEGORIES
- Abramoff Lobbying Scandal
- American Al Qaeda
- Avian Flu
- Beirut Hospital Out of Gas
- CIA
- CIA Secret Prisons
- D.C. Madam Affair
- FBI
- Federal Air Marshal Service
- Homeland Security
- Hurricane Katrina
- Mark Foley Internet Scandal
- Millionaire Sex Scandal
- Nigerian E-mail Scams
- Norman Hsu, Clinton Fundraiser
- NSA: Wiretapping
- Osama bin Laden
- Payola
- Pharmacy Investigation
- Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
- Terror
- Troopergate
- U.K. Airline Terror Plot
- U.K. Bombing Attempts
- Wen Ho Lee
- William Jefferson
- Zarqawi
New Report: China Is Top Journalist Jailer
Email
Print
ShareDecember 06, 2007 8:33 AM
China tops the list of world's biggest jailer of journalists, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a New York–based nonprofit organization that works to safeguard press freedom worldwide.
"We can encourage it to change, but until its government sees value in having a free press, China will continue throwing journalists into jail," CPJ's Asia director Bob Dietz told ABC News.
China has detained more journalists than any other country for nine consecutive years, according to the CPJ report.
Dietz said China has failed to meet its promises to improve press freedom before the 2008 Olympics, as reported earlier on the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
THE BLOTTER RECOMMENDS
"Nothing's changed for Chinese journalists since 2001; if anything, it's gotten tougher for journalists in China," said Dietz.
The Chinese Embassy did not immediately respond to requests from ABC News for comment on this article.
CPJ's annual worldwide census of imprisoned journalists found 127 behind bars on Dec. 1, a decrease of seven from the 2006 tally.
The United States also made CPJ's report. The group finds the U.S. is detaining two journalists, one in Guantanamo Bay and one in Iraq. Cuba, Eritrea, Iran and Azerbaijan round out the top five jailers among the 24 nations that imprison journalists, according to the CPJ report.
Do you have a tip for Brian Ross and the Investigative Team?
December 6, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (3)
Mr Brian Ross,
How can you report "Carol Sue would be alive today if not for Huckabee". Why dont you report "3000 persons would be alive today if it were not for the Al Queda ramming airlines into World Trade Centers" -- In other words, you can report better subjects cant you ? Your supposed to be a first class reporter.
Posted by: Charlie Wooster | Dec 6, 2007 8:56:45 AM
Note to America, Our news is censored. Last week, 3 Brits, found guilty of collusion with Enron, were convicted, and sentenced, but, was censored from our news stations. The Pope made some comments about our President that were also censored. Welcome to Homeland Security, all it's really doing is protecting the Presidency from Impeachment.
Posted by: zuzu | Dec 6, 2007 3:42:04 PM
China wants to be the world's biggest example of capitalism but God forbid they allow their society to see what journalists report on. Why be a open society when it comes to exporting goods and a closed society on information? The leaders are extremely paranoid that their people might actually have a reason to disagree.
Posted by: Bob | Dec 12, 2007 8:56:48 AM
Post a comment
