





86 journalists killed in 2007
Other 67 journalists were kidnapped in 15 countries. At the end of 2007, 135 journalists were in jails, while the number of arrested journalists reached 887. The largest prisons dedicated exclusively for journalists are found in China and Cuba.
65 journalists are currently imprisoned because of the censorship practiced in the home countries, despite the fact that their articles were published on the Internet. Countries with such cases include China, Myanmar, Syria and Iran.