[IP] Worldwide Press Freedom Index

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> 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
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> Hello.
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> Goncalo
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> http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4116
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> Reporters Without Borders publishes the first worldwide press freedom index
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> 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.
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> Surprises among Western democracies : US below Costa Rica and Italy below
> Benin
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> 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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