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Worldwide Press Freedom Index
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 13:29:44 -0400
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 17:44:17 +0100 From: Goncalo <goncalo () mail eunet pt> Subject: For IP: Worldwide Press Freedom Index To: dave () farber net Hello. For IP if you like. Regards Goncalo ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4116 Reporters Without Borders publishes the first worldwide press freedom index The first worldwide index of press freedom has some surprises for Western democracies. The United States ranks below Costa Rica and Italy scores lower than Benin. The five countries with least press freedom are North Korea, China, Burma, Turkmenistan and Bhutan. Surprises among Western democracies : US below Costa Rica and Italy below Benin Reporters Without Borders is publishing for the first time a worldwide index of countries according to their respect for press freedom. It also shows that such freedom is under threat everywhere, with the 20 bottom-ranked countries drawn from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. The situation in especially bad in Asia, which contains the five worst offenders - North Korea, China, Burma, Turkmenistan and Bhutan. ... ------------------------------------------------------
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