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The annual report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Tuesday that journalism was at least partly blocked in nearly three-quarters of the 180 countries surveyed.
Its World Press Freedom Index found 73 countries “totally blocked or seriously impeded” journalism, while it was “constrained” in 59 others, adding that many governments had used the pandemic to worsen repression.
“Journalism is the best vaccine against disinformation,” RSF secretary-general Christophe Deloire said in a statement.
“Unfortunately, its production and distribution are too often blocked by political, economic, technological and, sometimes, even cultural factors.”
Eritrea, North Korea, Turkmenistan, China and Djibouti fared worst overall in this year’s RSF ranking.
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Published: 20 Apr 2021 04:56 PM BdST
Updated: 20 Apr 2021 05:02 PM BdST
Bangladesh has dropped one spot to rank 152nd out of 180 countries in terms of press freedom, according to the Reporters Without Borders, also known as Reporters sans frontières (RSF). );
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The ranking was included in the organisation’s 2021 World Press Freedom Index report released on Tuesday.
The report also included a press freedom map, which categorised the press freedom situation in a country or region as good, satisfactory, problematic, difficult or very serious. Bangladesh was categorised as facing a ‘difficult’ situation.
In its country profile, RSF states that the coronavirus crisis and the accompanying lockdown has led to an ‘alarming increase’ in police and civilian violence against reporters in Bangladesh and that journalists were facing arrest and prosecution for reporting on the pandemic and its effect on society.
Violent protests, harassment harm press freedom in France, watchdog says
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20/04/2021 - 17:35 Freelance photographer Ameer Alhalbi was injured by a police baton while covering a demonstration against a contentious security bill in Paris, 29 November 2020. Reporters Without Borders said such incidents contribute to less-than-optimal conditions for journalists in France in its annual review of global press freedom on Tuesday. Gabrielle Cézard AFP 4 min Conditions at violent protests, harassment during investigative reports and concentrated media ownership are all detrimental to press freedom in France, watchdog Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday as it published its annual World Press Freedom Index. Advertising
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Exerciţiul jurnalistic, „principalul vaccin” împotriva dezinformării în plină pandemie, este „total sau parţial blocat” în mai mult de 130 de ţări, avertizează Reporteri fără Frontiere (RSF), în clasamentul mondial al libertăţii presei, ediția din 2021, citat de France Presse şi DPA.
73% din cele 180 de ţări evaluate de ONG-ul cu sediul la Paris se caracterizează prin situaţii considerate „foarte grave”, „dificile” sau „problematice” pentru jurnalişti şi sunt reprezentate în negru, roşu sau portocaliu pe o hartă a lumii privind libertatea presei. Doar 12 ţări din 180, adică 7% faţă de 8% anul trecut, arată o „situaţie bună”.