China Has 41 Journalists Behind Bars Amid Ever-Widening Media Controls
2017-12-14
As governments jailed a record number of journalists around the world in 2017, a U.S.-based press freedom group says the ruling Chinese Communist Party has a total of 41 journalists currently behind bars under the newly strengthened leadership of President Xi Jinping.
In its annual report, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) hit out at U.S. President Donald Trump for making no mention of Beijing's record on human rights during his recent trip to the country last month.
"Trump made no public reference to human rights, despite an ongoing crackdown that has led to the arrests of Chinese journalists, activists, and lawyers," the group said.
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The country has over a billion people, maybe something like 1.2 billion...so 41 journalists? Of course, I want all human rights respected. I'm sure this is the tip of the iceberg per oppression there.
