A total of 232 reporters , photographers and editors are behind bars , a group says . Eritrea is the biggest jailer of journalists , with 232 detained . At the start of this month , 232 reporters , photographers and editors were in prisons in 27 countries on charges of `` terrorism '' and crimes against the state intended to `` silence critical voices , '' the New-York based group said . The next worst offenders are Myanmar , China , Myanmar and Syria . Myanmar is not on the list of countries jailing journalists for the second time since 1996 .
A total of 232 reporters , photographers and editors are behind bars , a group says . Eritrea is the biggest jailer of journalists , with 232 detained . The next worst offenders are Myanmar , China , Myanmar and Syria . Myanmar is not on the list of countries jailing journalists for the second time since 1996 .