Friday, February 21, 2014

Reporters Without Borders 2014 Press Freedom Index

The big news here is that the U.S. has plummeted to 46th due to its handling of informants/sources like Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning.


Here is how some countries placed.
1. Finland
2. Netherlands
3. Norway
14. Germany
15. Switzerland
18. Canada
19. Poland
23. Belgium
26. Uruguay
28. Australia
33. UK
35. Spain
39. France
45. Romania
46. USA
47. Haiti
50. Taiwan
55. Argentina
58. Chile
59. Japan
64. Hungary
96. Israel
97. Kyrgyzstan
111. Brazil
115. Tajikistan
116. Venezuela
118. UAE
128. Afghanistan
132. Indonesia
137. Libya
140. India
148. Russia
150. Singapore
154. Turkey
158. Pakistan
159. Egypt
160. Azerbaijan
161. Kazakhstan
163. Bahrain
164. Saudi Arabia
166. Uzbekistan
170. Cuba
173. Iran
175. China
177. Syria
178. Turkmenistan
179. North Korea
180. Eritrea

Details of the report here.

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