Number of journalists in jail reaches global high
So we don’t classify jailed and tortured Julian Assange as a journalist even though he broke amongst some of the biggest news stories over the last 20 years. Or that the Trump administration planned on assasinating him. Or that Joe Biden is trying to extradite him on trumped up charges (pun not intended).<p>Or the Black TV reporter Bilal Abdul Kareem from Chicago that Obama tried to kill multiple times:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rollingstone.com&#x2F;politics&#x2F;politics-features&#x2F;how-to-survive-americas-kill-list-699334&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rollingstone.com&#x2F;politics&#x2F;politics-features&#x2F;how-...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;media&#x2F;2021&#x2F;sep&#x2F;27&#x2F;senior-cia-officials-trump-discussed-assassinating-julian-assange" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;media&#x2F;2021&#x2F;sep&#x2F;27&#x2F;senior-cia-off...</a><p>-