Prison Snapshot

Here are highlights from CPJ’s most recent census of imprisoned journalists, conducted on December 1, 2005:
Number of journalists jailed worldwide: 125
Held on “antistate” charges: 62 percent
Held on criminal defamation charges: 7 percent
Held for reporting “false” information: 4 percent
Held without charge: 9 percent
Journalists whose work appeared on the Internet: 33 percent
Number of nations jailing journalists: 24

World’s leading jailers of journalists:
1. China: 32
2. Cuba: 24
3. Eritrea: 15
4. Ethiopia: 13
5. Uzbekistan: 6

See a list of all journalists jailed in 2005, including capsules on each case.