World Press Freedom index: S'pore ranked 135
04:46 AM Feb 23, 2012
SINGAPORE - The Republic has moved up one place on the 2011-2012 World Press Freedom Index and is now ranked 135, after the last index was released in 2010. The index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders, involved 179 nations.
Malaysia, meanwhile, has moved up 19 places and is now ranked 122 compared to 141 in 2010. It is now ahead of neighbours Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.
"This year's index sees many changes; changes that reflect a year that was incredibly rich in developments, especially in the Arab world," Reporters Without Borders said, adding that the past year also highlighted the role played by Netizens in producing and disseminating news.
It said the international media had paid dearly for its coverage of democratic aspirations or opposition movements as totalitarian and repressive regimes continued to control news and information.
Finland and Norway topped the index again while Eritrea, North Korea and Turkmenistan remained at the bottom of the list.
In the Asia-Pacific region, the report stated that the countries that traditionally performed well did not shine last year.
"With New Zealand's fall to the 13th position, no country in the Asia-Pacific region figured among the top 10 in the index," it said, adding that an army crackdown in West Papua, Indonesia - where at least two journalists were killed, five kidnapped and 18 assaulted last year - was the main reason for the country's fall to the 146th position in the index from 117 in 2010.
The index is calculated through a questionnaire with 43 criteria for assessing the state of press freedom in each country.
This is sent to partner organisations of Reporters Without Borders and its 130 correspondents around the world, as well as to journalists, researchers, jurists and human rights activists. Agencies
Malaysia, meanwhile, has moved up 19 places and is now ranked 122 compared to 141 in 2010. It is now ahead of neighbours Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.
"This year's index sees many changes; changes that reflect a year that was incredibly rich in developments, especially in the Arab world," Reporters Without Borders said, adding that the past year also highlighted the role played by Netizens in producing and disseminating news.
It said the international media had paid dearly for its coverage of democratic aspirations or opposition movements as totalitarian and repressive regimes continued to control news and information.
Finland and Norway topped the index again while Eritrea, North Korea and Turkmenistan remained at the bottom of the list.
In the Asia-Pacific region, the report stated that the countries that traditionally performed well did not shine last year.
"With New Zealand's fall to the 13th position, no country in the Asia-Pacific region figured among the top 10 in the index," it said, adding that an army crackdown in West Papua, Indonesia - where at least two journalists were killed, five kidnapped and 18 assaulted last year - was the main reason for the country's fall to the 146th position in the index from 117 in 2010.
The index is calculated through a questionnaire with 43 criteria for assessing the state of press freedom in each country.
This is sent to partner organisations of Reporters Without Borders and its 130 correspondents around the world, as well as to journalists, researchers, jurists and human rights activists. Agencies
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