Jailed Media Hits Record

Some could argue there aren't enough in jail, especially those employed at newspapers that leak national security documents. Still, in many cases noted here, they're in China and Cuba.

Alas, the report just can't help lumping us in.

Other countries where journalists were imprisoned were Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Iran, Maldives, Mexico, Russia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

And just who are we imprisoning?

The committee said the United States imprisoned two journalists without charge or trial -- Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein, now held for eight months in Iraq, and Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Haj, jailed for five years and now held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Poor Bilal Hussein, jihadi photographer. As for al-Haj, here's a sob story. Boo hoo.

Still, most of those imprisoned are in Communist countries.

For the eighth year in a row, China led the way in jailing journalists with a total of 31 imprisoned on December 1, the census found, followed by Cuba with 24 reporters behind bars, Eritrea with 23 in jail and Ethiopia with 18 journalists jailed.