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By Maxwell Awumah<\/p>\n
Ho, Dec. 25, GNA \u2013 Some 573 journalists spent time behind bars, while additional 550 are expected to be imprisoned in 2024, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a not-for-profit advocacy group report has disclosed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The report said these numbers have increased compared to that of 2023, showing the need to protect journalists around the globe is more important than ever.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
China, Myanmar, and Israel are the world\u2019s biggest prisons for journalists. These countries are becoming lawless zones, where record numbers of journalists are detained, missing, or held hostage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The RSF report made available to the Ghana News Agency said RSF\u2019s team was work tirelessly to obtain their immediate release as it envisions no journalist should be imprisoned simply for doing their job.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thibaut Bruttin, General Director of RSF said the outfit is an indispensable part of the fight to defend journalists, and to uphold every human being\u2019s right to reliable information.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThese statistics are more than cold numbers as they represent real human suffering and political consequences,\u201d he lamented.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOur thoughts are particularly with Jimmy Lai, a 77-year-old journalist from Hong Kong, who, at the time of this report may die in prison due to trumped-up charges against him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re also dismayed by the relentless legal persecution of Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan for her coverage of the Covid-19 outbreak.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is more, last month the Guatemalan journalist Jos\u00e9 Ruben Zamora was sent back to prison after being granted house arrest. At 68 years old, he has already spent 800 days in prison \u2014 in despicable conditions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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