Reporters sans frontires - UN human rights commission named as world's biggest prison for the press

As the UN Commission on Human Rights began its 61st session today in Geneva, Reporters Without Borders pointed out that four of the commission's members - China, Cuba, Eritrea and Nepal - are the countries with the largest number of imprisoned journalists in the world. In all, 70 journalists and 62 cyber-dissidents are detained by countries that are commission members.

To draw attention to this, the press freedom organization today put up 70 posters showing the silhouette of an imprisoned journalist around the perimeter of the United Nations complex in Geneva and on the walls of the city's streets.

"The United Nations Commission on Human Rights continues to discredit itself," Reporters Without Borders said. "No one can seriously claim today that it does its job properly or that it really helps to improve respect for human rights in the world.

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