China has retained its number one ranking in the CPJ’s annual index.:

A journalism watchdog group says China currently has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but the United States is also on the organization’s list of abusers.

A new report by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists says China, Cuba, Eritrea and Ethiopia account for two-thirds of the 125 imprisoned editors, writers and photojournalists around the world as of December first.

Fifth on the list was the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan, followed at number six by the US, which has moved up on the list due to journalists it is holding in Iraq and at the US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Tied for sixth place is Burma.

The number of journalists held by the US rose from one last year to five this year.

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