Reporters Without Borders: China has the highest number of journalists in prisons

Reporters Without Borders released a report on the annual press freedom index, and China's press freedom ranked eighth in the world, and the number of journalists imprisoned in Chinese prisons ranked first in the world.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released the 2024 World Press Freedom Index on World Press Freedom Day on May 3, and China ranked 173 out of 180 countries and regions. According to Reporters Without Borders, the Paris-based organization, the number of journalists imprisoned in China remains the highest in the world.
The report shows that China continues to tightly control and censor information, and not only kidnaps the most journalists in the world, but also continues to tightly control media channels. It strictly controls online content and strictly prohibits the dissemination of sensitive or anti-Chinese regime propaganda. Compared to 2023, restrictions on press freedom in China have worsened.
Reporters Without Borders advocacy specialist Alexandra Bialakowski said in a telephone interview with Voice of America: "The situation in China has not improved at all. China is still the country with the most jailed journalists in the world, with 119 journalists currently imprisoned.
He also told reporters: "We see a deterioration in security, and there has been no improvement in China's treatment of journalists." He pointed out that, in fact, the human rights situation in China has become worse than before. Even simple topics that were allowed to be reported in the past are now not allowed to be reported.