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Reporters Without Borders
24-Oct-2008 (2 comments)
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Only peace protects freedoms in post-9/11 world

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It is not economic prosperity but peace that guarantees press freedom. That is the main lesson to be drawn from the world press freedom index that Reporters Without Borders compiles every year and from the 2008 edition, released today. Another conclusion from the index - in which the bottom three rungs are again occupied by the “infernal trio” of Turkmenistan (171st), North Korea (172nd) and Eritrea (173rd) - is that the international community’s conduct towards authoritarian regimes such as Cuba (169th) and China (167th) is not effective enough to yield results.

“The post-9/11 world is now clearly drawn,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Destabilised and on the defensive, the leading democracies are gradually eroding the space for freedoms. The economically most powerful dictatorships arrogantly proclaim their authoritarianism, exploiting the international community’s divisions and the ravages of the wars carried out in the name of the fight against terrorism. Religious and political taboos are taking gr... >>>

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Farhad Kashani

Let me guess, you want

by Farhad Kashani on

Let me guess, you want Khamenei's regime to conduct the ranking analysis! Like that time when two people (Abdi and Ghazian) conducted a poll that showed Iranians view the U.S as a friend, and as result, they ended up in jail!


Baba

I am sure ...

by Baba on

I am sure in a true (unbiased) ranking, US press freedom will rank below Iran's.