{"id":309852,"date":"2024-01-01T07:38:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T07:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/?p=309852"},"modified":"2024-01-01T07:41:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T07:41:15","slug":"journallists-reporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/africa\/journallists-reporters\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Some 547 journalists spent New Year\u2019s Eve in Prison -Reporters Without Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A total of 547 Journalists globally spent New Year\u2019s Eve in prison, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF) with some 779 jailed at some point in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China, Myanmar, Belarus and Vietnam are the four biggest jailers of media personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between them, these countries are holding more than half of the world\u2019s imprisoned journalists, according to an RSF release to the Ghana News Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sentences passed on women journalists broke records in 2023 with the victims, including\u202fElaheh Mohammadi\u202fand\u202fNiloofar Hamedi, sentenced to 12 and 13 years in prison respectively in Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They included\u202fMaryna Zolatava, Liudmila Chekina\u202fand\u202fValeriya Kastsiuhova, icons of independent journalism in Belarus, whose sentences ranged from 10 to 12 years and included Burundi\u2019s\u202fFloriane Irangabiye, one of the few women journalists jailed in sub-Saharan Africa, who was given a 10-year sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reporters Without <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reporters_Without_Borders\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reporters_Without_Borders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Borders<\/a> continues to\u202fdeploy appropriate strategies to help obtain freedom for the Journos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fewer journalists have been imprisoned this year than last. We will\u202fcontinue to fight tirelessly every day, assisted by our correspondents in more than 130 countries, to free these women and men who have been jailed simply for trying to tell us what is happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anne Bocande, Editorial Director of RSF said, \u201cEach journalist in prison is a journalist prevented from working. It\u2019s also a journalist who will be intimidated in the future. And it\u2019s hundreds or even thousands of colleagues feeling the threat of imprisonment hanging over them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, the right to news and information of millions could be violated.\u202fBehind these statistics, there are human tragedies and political consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, let\u2019s keep helping those who risk their freedom by trying to keep us abreast of developments in their countries. Your support is essential, \u202fand I would like to thank you for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/category\/news\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/category\/news\/\">More stories here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 547 Journalists globally spent New Year\u2019s Eve in prison, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF) with some 779 jailed at some point in 2023. China, Myanmar, Belarus and Vietnam are the four biggest jailers of media personnel. 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