Iran, China and Egypt continue to rank as the world’s biggest prisons for journalists, according to a new report.

Reporters Without Borders’ annual ‘Round-up of journalists held hostage, imprisoned or missing’ came out today. According to RWB’s tally, a total of 153 professional journalists, 161 citizen-journalists and 14 media workers are currently detained worldwide in connection with their work.

The number has decreased with 14 percent since last year, when 178 journalists and 178 citizen-journalists were held behind bars.

China ranks as the world's worst jailer of journalists in 2015, closely followed by Egypt and Iran.

18 journalists are currently detained in Iran, according to the report. This number includes several journalists arrested by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in early November 2015 accused of being members of an “espionage network,” and Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, a dual Iranian-American citizen, who has been incarcerated at Evin Prison for the past 18 months.

The report also found a 35 percent increase in the number of journalists held hostage worldwide, with Syria topping the list of countries with hostages.

Read the full report.

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