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Group: Turkey, Iran, China Lead World in Jailing Journalists

The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists says that for the second straight year, Turkey jailed more journalists than any other country, with Iran and China close behind.In its annual report out Wednesday, the watchdog group said the number of journalists killed and imprisoned fell in 2013, but still was the second worst year on record for reporters in prison.The CPJ found 211 journalists were behind bars in a snapshot survey taken on December 1, down from 232 in 2012. But the reports...

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