Georgia has fallen 18 places in the World Press Freedom Index 2010 published by the Reporters Without Borders on October 20.
Georgia ranks 99th with 27 points out the total of 178 countries on the rating list. Last year Georgia ranked 81st with 18,83 points and 120th in 2007.
According to the new rating Georgia and the United States of America share 99-100th places with 27 points. In the same rating Georgia is followed by Armenia with 27,5 points.
In the post soviet space Georgia ranks as 5th according to the Press Freedom Index. Russia ranks 8th out of all 15 post Soviet states, preceded by the Ukraine with a steady deterioration in press freedom. Russia is followed by Azerbaijan, Belarus, and other former Soviet countries.
Baltic countries have the best ranking from among the post Soviet countries. Estonia which ranks 9th is leading the list of former Soviet countries in terms of press freedom.
In 2009 Georgia ranked 4th among the post Soviet countries.
Northern Europe is still at the top of the list. Several countries share first place in the index again. This year it is Finland, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. They have all previously held this honour since the index was created in 2002. Press in these countries, according to Reporters Without Borders, is absolutely free and independent.
Georgia has fallen 18 places in the World Press Freedom Index 2010 published by the Reporters Without Borders on October 20.
Georgia ranks 99th with 27 points out the total of 178 countries on the rating list. Last year Georgia ranked 81st with 18,83 points and 120th in 2007.
According to the new rating Georgia and the United States of America share 99-100th places with 27 points. In the same rating Georgia is followed by Armenia with 27,5 points.
In the post soviet space Georgia ranks as 5th according to the Press Freedom Index. Russia ranks 8th out of all 15 post Soviet states, preceded by the Ukraine with a steady deterioration in press freedom. Russia is followed by Azerbaijan, Belarus, and other former Soviet countries.
Baltic countries have the best ranking from among the post Soviet countries. Estonia which ranks 9th is leading the list of former Soviet countries in terms of press freedom.
In 2009 Georgia ranked 4th among the post Soviet countries.
Northern Europe is still at the top of the list. Several countries share first place in the index again. This year it is Finland, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. They have all previously held this honour since the index was created in 2002. Press in these countries, according to Reporters Without Borders, is absolutely free and independent.
Reporters Without Borders has repeatedly expressed its concern about the deteriorating press freedom situation in the European Union and the 2010 index confirms this trend. Thirteen of the EU’s 27 members are in the top 20 but some of the other 14 are very low in the ranking. Italy is 49th, Romania is 52nd and Greece and Bulgaria are tied at 70th.
In recent years, Reporters Without Borders drew particular attention to the three countries that were always in the last three positions – Eritrea, North Korea and Turkmenistan. This year, a bigger group of ten countries – marked by persecution of the media and a complete lack of news and information – are clumped together at the bottom. The press freedom situation keeps on deteriorating in these countries and it is getting harder to say which is worse than the other.
Source: Media.ge