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February 15, 2013

232 Journalists Were Imprisoned in 2012, 70 Killed In Line of Duty 
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A media advocacy group says a record number of journalists were
imprisoned around the world last year in what it termed a
“deteriorating environment for press freedom.” The Committee to
Protect Journalists says 232 journalists were jailed last year, the
highest number since surveying began in 1990. Seventy journalists were
killed in the line of duty, an increase of more than 40 percent from the
previous year.

 

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