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UNGA meeting spotlights the ‘press behind bars’, as experts denounce record number of jailed journalists

UNGA meeting spotlights the ‘press behind bars’, as experts denounce record number of jailed journalists

Sep 29, 2018, at 07:45 am

New York, Sept 29 (IBNS): Regularly threatened, attacked and killed, journalists are also being imprisoned in record numbers around the world, an event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly highlighted on Friday. These practices undermine not only the fundamental human rights of the reporters themselves, but also the public’s right to receive and impart information, rights experts warn.