Update: The Year’s Top 10 ‘Jailers of Journalists’Photo: Imprisoned Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu, recipient of the 2012 Courage in Journalism Award. According to CPJ, the 2012 figure surpasses the previous record of 185 journalists imprisoned in 1996. The report said the trend was driven primarily by terrorism and other anti-state charges levied against critical reporters and editors. CPJ highlighted Turkey, Iran, and China as the three leading jailers of journalists, while Eritrea and Ethiopia are the only African countries that are listed among the top ten press offenders. “Rounding out the top five jailers were Eritrea, with 28 journalists in prison, and Syria with 15; the worst abusers of the rule of law,” the organization said.