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Israel added to list of ‘worst jailers of journalists’ for first time

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Agence France Presse employees hold portraits in Paris on 17 January in support of AFP journalists working in Gaza. Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images

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 with Iran.

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