In the surest sign that bloggers have become a deadly serious topic for authoritarian governments, our online town criers have been increasingly targeted for imprisonment or intimidation.
Last year the international advocacy group Committee to Protect Journalists found that of 125 media members behind bars around the world, at least 56 practiced their trade online, the first time that print reporters, editors and photographers have not predominated in the tally since the first Internet writer was jailed in 1997.
To mark World Press Freedom Day on Sunday, CPJ issued a new report pinpointing the 10 worst countries for bloggers.
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