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The Five Worst Countries for Jailing Journalists:
* China: 49 journalists in jail
* Egypt: 23
* Iran: 19
* Eritrea: 17
* Turkey: 14
China remained the world's jailer of journalists in 2015, as the government continued its crackdown on the press and social media. In Egypt, the government uses the pretext of national security to clamp down on dissent. Iran holds many journalists on anti-state charges. In Eritrea, reporters are imprisoned without trial. In the past year, Turkey has doubled the number of journalists in jail. |