Israel added to list of 'worst jailers of journalists' for first time

Israel is in sixth place after the Committee to Protect Journalists recorded 18 Palestinian journalists in its jails Israel has joined a notorious band of authoritarian states with a history of imprisoning journalists by detaining Palestinian reporters without trial since the beginning of the latest war in Gaza. A report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released on Thursday said that for the first time Israel figures in its list of "worst jailers of journalists", putting it on a par...