CPJ: Increase in imprisoned journalists

09/12/2011 20:58

The pro-press freedom organization says the statistic is true for the Middle East and North AfricaThe Committee for Protection of Journalists (CPJ) stated in its annual report released on Thursday that the number of imprisoned journalists in the Middle East and North Africa has increased.The body, which advocates press freedom, said that 179 journalists, news editors, photographers and cameramen were arrested without any charges directed at them and without any safe judiciary procedures.It also stated that a number of these journalists are detained inside secret prisons and were not allowed to see lawyers or their family members. “A number of reports verify that the arresting sides mistreated and tortured the journalists without the authorities taking any procedure on the issue,” the CPJ said, adding that these methods violated international laws.

The pro-press freedom organization says the statistic is true for the Middle East and North Africa

The Committee for Protection of Journalists (CPJ) stated in its annual report released on Thursday that the number of imprisoned journalists in the Middle East and North Africa has increased.

The body, which advocates press freedom, said that 179 journalists, news editors, photographers and cameramen were arrested without any charges directed at them and without any safe judiciary procedures.

It also stated that a number of these journalists are detained inside secret prisons and were not allowed to see lawyers or their family members. “A number of reports verify that the arresting sides mistreated and tortured the journalists without the authorities taking any procedure on the issue,” the CPJ said, adding that these methods violated international laws.