; (B) approximately 26 percent of the countries of the world have satisfactory or good press freedom environments; (C) among the jurisdictions that have recently suffered the largest declines in press freedom are Hong Kong, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Russia, Ukraine (attributable to Russia’s invasion), Georgia, Greece, Nicaragua, the Palestinian Territories, Tunisia, and Mali; and (D) democracies are being weakened by the asymmetry between open societies and despotic regimes that control their media and online platforms, while waging propaganda wars against democracies. (10) According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, in 2022— (A) at least 363 journalists worldwide were in prison, a new record high and a 20 percent increase from the 302 journalists in prison in 2021, with Iran, China, Myanmar, Turkey, and Belarus all ranking among the top 5 jailers of journalists; (B) of the journalists detained— (i) 131 journalists were detained without charge; (ii) 199 journalists were imprisoned on anti-state charges; and (iii) 354 detainees were local journalists covering events in their own countries; (C) at least 67 journalists and media workers were killed, which is the highest number of journalist killings since 2018 and almost a 50 percent increase from the number of journalists killed during 2021; (D) at least 41 journalists and media workers were killed in direct connection with their work; and (E) there was complete impunity in nearly 80 percent of the 263 cases of journalists murdered in the last decade, with perpetrators facing no judicial consequences. (11) Congress has recognized the importance of freedom of the press by enacting— (A) the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–166 ); (B) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328 )