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Rank <strong>2013</strong> Country Rating Status37 China (PRC) 83 Not Free38 Laos 84 Not FreeVietnam 84 Not Free40 North Korea 96 Not FreeStatus Number of Countries Percentage of TotalFree 15 37.5Partly Free 13 30Not Free 12 32.5TOTAL 40 100Subregion ComparisonAsia-PacificStatus Number of CountriesAverage PressFreedom ScoreAsia-Pacific 40 47Asia Proper 26 58Pacific Islands 14 2645
Page 1 and 2: Freedom of the Press 2013Middle Eas
Page 3 and 4: Freedom of the Press ContributorsAn
Page 5 and 6: European studies and a postgraduate
Page 7 and 8: Oxford, where his work focused on B
Page 9 and 10: master’s degree in journalism and
Page 11 and 12: Hamburg, she is the project coordin
Page 13 and 14: Dan Caspi is a professor and former
Page 15 and 16: WNYC, and WBAI, and previously work
Page 18 and 19: MethodologyThe 2013 index, which pr
Page 20 and 21: CHECKLIST OF METHODOLOGY QUESTIONS
Page 22 and 23: 7. Are media regulatory bodies, suc
Page 24 and 25: • Are journalists harassed while
Page 26 and 27: • Are pay levels for journalists
Page 28 and 29: now rated Partly Free due to instan
Page 30 and 31: media environments. The regional av
Page 32 and 33: Other countries in the region exper
Page 34 and 35: Across the Arabian Peninsula, gover
Page 36: advertising market contracted and a
Page 39 and 40: Rank 2013 Country Rating StatusSerb
Page 41 and 42: Rank 2013 Country Rating StatusIraq
Page 43: AMERICASRank 2013 Country Rating St
Page 48 and 49: Subregion ComparisonCentral and Eas
Page 50: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICARank 2013 Country
Page 54: Regional Data53
Page 60 and 61: Freedom of the Press 2013Country Re
Page 62 and 63: private hands. However, private own
Page 64 and 65: Status: Not FreeLegal Environment:
Page 68 and 69: Antigua and BarbudaStatus: Partly F
Page 71 and 72: official advertising to limit free
Page 73 and 74: voting took place under a new elect
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Page 77 and 78: AzerbaijanStatus: Not FreeLegal Env
Page 79 and 80: police officer who was blocking him
Page 81 and 82: The media in Bahrain continued to f
Page 83 and 84: offending advertisers that do not w
Page 85 and 86: intelligence agencies seeking to pr
Page 87 and 88: websites like Charter97.org and Bel
Page 89 and 90: finally reached a deal regarding us
Page 91 and 92: noted above, the station’s direct
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shrinking advertising revenue and m
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Total Score: 46Survey Edition 2008
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Brazil is South America’s largest
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Total Score, Status 33,PF 36,PF 34,
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More than 200 radio and television
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such as those with content relating
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The National Communications Council
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of opposition-aligned outlets are o
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distribution company has a near-mon
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issue, with around half of the netw
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January, the editor of the progover
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subsequently threatened by the mayo
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distribution channels throughout th
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vacuums on major events, fleeting o
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Zhao Pu was suspended for six month
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the media’s loyalty from the part
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states that the government may not
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which were politically sensitive du
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assembly. The DRC does not have an
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operations of the media. Provisions
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One particularly important legal im
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eviewing complaints from individual
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mismanagement of a construction pro
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Print, online, and broadcast media
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controlled outlets. In addition, op
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allegedly broadcasting unofficial e
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Status change explanation: Ecuador
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Meanwhile, the National Communicati
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2012, with Islamist parties winning
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investigate how public funds are us
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Some 44 percent of Egyptians access
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multiple international criminal inv
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Status: FreeLegal Environment: 5Pol
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criminalize the use of popular voic
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Survey Edition 2008 2009 2010 2011
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and adjudicates complaints from the
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case, filed charges against Le Mond
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government owns two radio stations
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are rebroadcast on several local ra
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Information Caucasus (PIK), launche
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The German constitution and basic l
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easons. Government offices and poli
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enforced by the NCRTV requires stat
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journalists under these provisions.
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new law and can be subject to high
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Threats against the media eased som
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HaitiStatus: Partly FreeLegal Envir
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investigated. Given this culture of
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journalists and watchdog groups to
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the perpetrators was arrested and l
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amendment protects audiovisual medi
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Under the Media Law, the funding fo
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low-income countries. The broadcast
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efore the Supreme Court in January
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states that “publications and new
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lashes. The cases of four reformist
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was not immediately enforced, but t
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when breaking stories that indicate
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espected by the courts. The Supreme
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A diverse selection of broadcast me
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different statutes. Implementation
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Secrets Act, which has served as an
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likely contributed to the media’s
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allowed, and pan-Arab news channels
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violently assaulted during the year
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particularly acute for some of thes
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ased daily Express began receiving
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egion. More in-depth reporting and
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Internews with U.S. government fund
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October the government denied sever
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series of ownership changes, in 201
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into Syria, and handed him over to
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of the ruling party. Although Lesot
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LibyaStatus: Partly FreeLegal Envir
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There was a proliferation of new pr
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Kurier Wileński, a newspaper servi
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country’s leading television stat
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More than 300 radio and television
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The Media Council of Malawi, a self
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publishers and printing firms to ob
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against both print and broadcast ou
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environment, while the ability of j
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Press Freedom Law that abolished pr
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Mexico is among the most unsafe env
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Guardian had offered as proof. In A
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court, and the case was pending at
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existence of a secret election plan
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objectivity. The public broadcaster
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coverage and report on sensitive su
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Radio continues to be a key source
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NauruStatus: FreeLegal Environment:
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The government owns several of the
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Survey Edition 2007 2009 2010 2011
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exile due to death threats she rece
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Status: Partly FreeLegal Environmen
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percent is produced locally. The st
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access is still restricted to a han
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unemployment, and minority and migr
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eligious issues and certain militan
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the BBC in response to the airing o
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of the Institutional Protection Ser
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eporter with the daily La Nación,
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Politicians frequently react to cri
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Today—Junep Ocampo and Manuel “
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Freedom of the press is guaranteed
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Qatar has seven newspapers that pub
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The already repressive press freedo
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Journalists in 2012 faced the threa
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Continuing arrests and prosecution
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According to the official media pol
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Following a seminar with civil soci
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Žagubica’s city council allegedl
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(SBC), which runs the nation’s on
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though the government imposes no re
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newly elected RTVS director in Octo
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Solomon IslandsStatus: FreeLegal En
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home in Mogadishu. This was followe
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Status: Partly FreeLegal Environmen
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fire for displaying a pro-ANC bias,
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Approximately 84 percent of the pop
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statistics regarding internet use i
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digital media, which has benefited
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esettlement process in the north an
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though she continued to receive war
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The country has two internet servic
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Sweden has strong legal protections
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Survey Edition 2008 2009 2010 2011
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SEA hacked into the Twitter account
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editorial line at the Next Media ou
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espond to inquiries posed by journa
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authorities charged Theophil Makung
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majesté cases highlighted the cour
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politics. In addition to some state
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newspapers that publish with some r
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outlets. In February, police raided
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animated film Persepolis, which inc
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other country in the world. Accordi
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Turkey adopted a freedom of informa
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President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammed
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Legal Environment: 19Political Envi
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journalists being injured by police
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appellate court confirmed the rulin
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state to censor both domestic and f
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percent of working journalists in 2
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published in February 2012, that th
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figures, though libel formally rema
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accreditation were briefly held in
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investigative journalist Roger Rodr
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In July 2012, Uzbek state televisio
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press watchdog Espacio Público in
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Status: Not FreeLegal Environment:
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Approximately 40 percent of the pop
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was lifted in January 2012. Distrib
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incidents, individuals are free to
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which has long been a vocal support
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In a positive development, the draf
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decoders. It is estimated that appr
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