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[eccr] Third Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index
Tue Oct 26 18:44:49 GMT 2004
>Reporters Without Borders announces its third annual worldwide index
>of press freedom. Such freedom is threatened most in East Asia (with
>North Korea at the bottom of the entire list at 167th place, followed
>by Burma 165th, China 162nd, Vietnam 161st and Laos 153rd) and the
>Middle East (Saudi Arabia 159th, Iran 158th, Syria 155th, Iraq 148th).
>
>In these countries, an independent media either does not exist or
>journalists are persecuted and censored on a daily basis. Freedom of
>information and the safety of journalists are not guaranteed there.
>Continuing war has made Iraq the most deadly place on earth for
>journalists in recent years, with 44 killed there since fighting
>began in March last year.
>
>But there are plenty of other black spots around the world for press
>freedom. Cuba (in 166th place) is second only to China as the biggest
>prison for journalists, with 26 in jail (China has 27). Since spring
>last year, these 26 independent journalists have languished in prison
>after being given sentences of between 14 and 27 years.
>
>No privately-owned media exist in Turkmenistan (164th) and Eritrea
>(163rd), whose people can only read, see or listen to
>government-controlled media dominated by official propaganda.
>
>The greatest press freedom is found in northern Europe (Denmark,
>Finland, Ireland, Iceland, the Netherlands and Norway), which is a
>haven of peace for journalists. Of the top 20 countries, only three
>(New Zealand 9th, Trinidad and Tobago 11th and Canada 18th) are
>outside Europe.
>
>Other small and often impoverished democracies appear high on the
>list, such as El Salvador (28th) and Costa Rica (35th) in Central
>America, along with Cape Verde (38th) and Namibia (42nd) in Africa
>and Timor-Leste (57th) in Asia.
>
>Reporters Without Borders compiled the index by asking its partner
>organisations (14 freedom of expression organisations in five
>continents), its 130 correspondents around the world, as well as
>journalists, researchers, jurists and human rights activists, to
>answer 52 questions to indicate the state of press freedom in 167
>countries (others were not included for lack of information).
>
>http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11715
>
>Evaluation by region :
>
> Africa http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11708
> Americas http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11710
> Asia http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11711
> Europe and former USSR
>http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11712
> Middle East
>http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11713
>
>Africa index (PDF, 226.4 ko )
>http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/Af_index_Eng_2004.pdf
>
>Americas index (PDF, 403.9 ko )
>http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/Am_index_Eng_2004.pdf
>
>Asia index (PDF, 316.8 ko )
>http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/Asia_index_Eng_2004.pdf
>
>Europe index (PDF, 356.5 ko )
>http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/Eur_index_Eng_2004.pdf
>
>MidEast index (PDF, 398 ko )
>http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/MidEast_index_Eng_2004.pdf
>
> How the index was compiled
>http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11716
>The ranking
>
>N° Country Note
>
>1 Denmark 0,50
>- Finland 0,50
>- Iceland 0,50
>- Ireland 0,50
>- Netherlands 0,50
>- Norway 0,50
>- Slovakia 0,50
> - Switzerland 0,50
> 9 New Zealand 0,67
> 10 Latvia 1,00
> 11 Estonia 2,00
> - Germany 2,00
> - Sweden 2,00
> - Trinidad and Tobago 2,00
> 15 Slovenia 2,25
> 16 Lithuania 3,00
> 17 Austria 3,25
> 18 Canada 3,33
> 19 Czech Republic 3,50
> - France 3,50
> 21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,67
> 22 Belgium 4,00
> - United States of America (American territory) 4,00
> 24 Jamaica 4,17
> 25 Portugal 4,50
> 26 South Africa 5,00
> 27 Benin 5,50
> 28 El Salvador 6,00
> - Hungary 6,00
> - United Kingdom 6,00
> 31 Dominican Republic 6,75
> 32 Poland 6,83
> 33 Greece 7,00
> 34 Hong-Kong 7,50
> 35 Costa Rica 7,63
> 36 Bulgaria 8,00
> - Israel (Israeli territory) 8,00
> 38 Cape Verde 8,75
> 39 Italy 9,00
> - Spain 9,00
> 41 Australia 9,50
> 42 Chile 10,00
> - Japan 10,00
>- Namibia 10,00
> - Uruguay 10,00
> 46 Mauritius 10,50
> - Paraguay 10,50
> 48 South Korea 11,13
> 49 Macedonia 11,25
> 50 Albania 11,50
> - Botswana 11,50
> 52 Nicaragua 11,67
> 53 Honduras 11,75
> 54 Croatia 11,83
> 55 Grenade 12,00
> 56 Mali 12,83
> 57 Ghana 13,50
> - Timor-Leste 13,50
> 59 Thailand 14,00
> 60 Taiwan 14,25
> 61 Panama 14,50
> - Tanzania 14,50
> 63 Fiji 16,00
> 64 Burkina Faso 16,25
> - Mozambique 16,25
> 66 Brazil 16,50
> - Ecuador 16,50
> - Guatemala 16,50
> 69 Congo 17,50
> 70 Romania 17,83
> 71 Niger 18,33
> 72 Madagascar 18,50
> 73 Burundi 19,00
> - Mongolia 19,00
> 75 Togo 19,50
> 76 Bolivia 20,00
> 77 Serbia and Montenegro 20,13
> 78 Moldova 20,50
> 79 Argentina 21,33
> 80 Senegal 21,50
> 81 Cyprus (North) 22,00
> 82 Kenya 22,25
> 83 Armenia 23,50
> - Guinea-Bissau 23,50
> - Seychelles 23,50
> 86 Uganda 24,00
> 87 Lebanon 24,38
> 88 Guinea 24,50
>- Sierra Leone 24,50
> 90 Venezuela 24,63
>91 Angola 26,50
> - Comoros 26,50
> 93 Cameroon 27,00
> 94 Georgia 27,50
> 95 Tajikistan 27,75
> 96 Mexico 27,83
> 97 Afghanistan 28,25
> 98 Gambia 29,50
> - Lesotho 29,50
> 100 Zambia 29,75
> 101 Malawi 31,00
> - Swaziland 31,00
> 103 Kuwait 31,67
> 104 Central African Republic 32,50
> - Qatar 32,50
> 106 Chad 33,25
> 107 Kyrgyzstan 35,25
> 108 United States of America (in Iraq) 36,00
> 109 Cambodia 36,50
> - Sri Lanka 36,50
> 111 Philippines 36,63
> 112 Ethiopia 37,00
> 113 Rwanda 37,25
> - Turkey 37,25
> 115 Gabon 37,50
> - Israel (Occupied Territories) 37,50
> 117 Indonesia 37,75
> - Nigeria 37,75
> 119 Tonga 38,17
> 120 India 38,50
> 121 Jordan 39,13
> 122 Malaysia 39,83
> 123 Liberia 40,00
> - Peru 40,00
> 125 Haiti 42,13
> 126 Morocco 43,00
> 127 Palestinian Authority 43,17
> 128 Algeria 43,50
> - Egypt 43,50
>- Somalia 43,50
> 131 Kazakhstan 44,17
> 132 Sudan 44,25
> 133 Equatorial Guinea 46,25
> 134 Colombia 47,38
> 135 Yemen 48,00
> 136 Azerbaijan 49,67
> 137 United Arab Emirates 50,25
> 138 Mauritania 51,00
> - Ukraine 51,00
> 140 Russia 51,38
> 141 Democratic Republic of Congo 51,50
> 142 Uzbekistan 52,13
> 143 Bahrein 52,50
> 144 Belarus 54,10
> 145 Djibouti 55,00
> 146 Bhutan 55,83
>147 Singapore 57,00
> 148 Iraq 58,50
> 149 Côte d'Ivoire 60,38
> 150 Pakistan 61,75
> 151 Bangladesh 62,50
> 152 Tunisia 62,67
> 153 Laos 64,33
>154 Libya 65,00
> 155 Syria 67,50
> - Zimbabwe 67,50
> 157 Maldives 69,17
> 158 Iran 78,30
> 159 Saudi Arabia 79,17
> 160 Nepal 84,00
> 161 Vietnam 86,88
>162 China 92,33
> 163 Eritrea 93,25
> 164 Turkmenistan 99,83
> 165 Burma 103,63
> 166 Cuba 106,83
> 167 North Korea
>
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