Anti-State Violations Top Charge Against Journalists in '13
by SavvyRoo on Nov 26, 2014 | Views: 157 | Score: 0
Charged with producing material that is Anti-state | 124 |
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Retaliatory charges | 28 |
Defamation | 5 |
Ethnic/religious insults | 5 |
Censorship violations | 3 |
False information | 1 |
No charges disclosed | 45 |
Sources:
cpj.org
The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that in 2013, the top charge filed against jailed journalists were "Anti-State" materials. Undisclosed charges accounted for 45 cases.