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ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA AMONG LEADING STATES IN JAILING JOURNALISTS December 14, 2005
(SomaliNet) A New York-based Committee to protect Journalists revealed 13th December that Eritrea and Ethiopia are among the leading countries in imprisonment of Journalists. A journalism watchdog group says China has more cases than any other country in the Globe.
China, Cuba, Eritrea and Ethiopia account for two-thirds of the 125 imprisoned editors, writers and photojournalists around the world as of December first reports th! e New York based Group.
Fifth on the list was the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan, followed at number six by the United States, which has moved up on the list due to journalists it is holding in Iraq and at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Tied for sixth place is Burma.
The number of journalists held by the United States rose from one last year to five this year.
The committee's Executive Director Ann Cooper said she is particularly troubled that the list of the worst abusers now includes Ethiopia and the United States.
Related site: http://www.cpj.org