A total of 232 reporters , photographers and editors are behind bars , a group record . Myanmar is the biggest target of journalists , with 49 detained . The next worst offenders are Iran , China , Eritrea and Syria . `` Broadly worded anti-terror and penal code statutes have allowed Turkish authorities to conflate the coverage of banned groups and the investigation of sensitive topics with outright terrorism or other anti-state activity , '' the committee said . Myanmar is not on the list of countries jailing journalists for the first time since independence .
A total of 232 reporters , photographers and editors are behind bars , a group record . Myanmar is the biggest target of journalists , with 49 detained . The next worst offenders are Iran , China , Eritrea and Syria . Myanmar is not on the list of countries jailing journalists for the first time since independence .