Sunday, October 30, 2005

Asia/Press Freedom Index 2005



RSF: North Korea, Eritrea and Turkmenistan are the world’s “black holes” for news

"East Asia (Burma 163rd, China 159th, Vietnam 158th, Laos 155th), Central Asia (Turkmenistan 165th, Uzbekistan 155th, Afghanistan 125th, Kazakhstan 119th) and the Middle East (Iran 164th, Iraq 157th, Saudi Arabia 154th, Syria 145th) are where journalists have the toughest time and where government repression or armed groups prevent the media operating freely." See more about Asia (pdf)

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