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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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