Estonia has fallen one place to 15th on this year s World Press Freedom Index 2021. The organization said: 2020 was a tough year for Estonian journalists.
The index is compiled annually by the NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and evaluates the level of freedom available to the media in 180 counties.
The organization titled its report about Estonia a Difficult time . 2020 was a tough year for Estonian journalists. Members of the government often attacked them verbally. Some politicians threatened to reduce funding for the state broadcaster because of its critical reporting. On several occasions, government ministers refused to provide information to journalists at press conferences, without giving any valid reason, RSF wrote.
Namibia remains a beacon of media freedom
2021-04-21
Namibia yesterday retained its top position in Africa, 24th in the world, on Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) Press Freedom Index.
Cabo Verde (27) and Ghana (30) occupy second and third places in Africa. Norway, Finland and Sweden are the top-ranked countries in the world.
The Presidency has lauded Namibia’s firm hold on the World Press Freedom Index, saying such commitment is informed by the emphasis on effective governance, underpinned by the country’s democratic values, processes, systems and institutions.
The report says press freedom has a firm hold in Namibia, Africa’s best-ranked country in RSF’s World Press Freedom Index since 2019, and enjoys solid guarantees. It is protected by the Constitution and is often defended by the courts when under attack from other quarters within the state or by vested interests.
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New Delhi, April 21: Malaysia has witnessed a remarkable fall in press freedom while China, which continues to take Internet censorship, surveillance and propaganda to unprecedented levels , is still firmly anchored among the worst countries in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) which provides information about the media freedom situation worldwide. The annual report published on Tuesday shows that journalism - the main vaccine against disinformation - is completely or partly blocked in 73 per cent of the 180 countries ranked by the organisation in the last 12 months. It said that the Covid-19 pandemic has been used as grounds to block access to information with the journalists finding it increasingly hard to investigate and report sensitive stories, especially in Asia, the Middle East and Europe.