179 Journalists Jailed worldwide at present

• 2011: 179
• 2010: 145
• 2009: 136
• 2008: 125
• 2007: 127
• 2006: 134
• 2005: 125
• 2004: 122
• 2003: 138
• 2002: 139
• 2001: 118
• 2000: 81

This year the most journalists are held in these 5 countries:
Iran-42
Eritrea-28
China-27
Burma-12
Viet Nam-9
The rest of the countries in the world have 8 or less journalists in jail
And all the rest of the countries with 8 or less jailed journalists are in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
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Number of jailed journalists skyrockets worldwide