vava Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 The new World Press Index was published today by "Reporters sans frontières" Armenian ranks at # 102 well ahead of Azerbaijan (#141) but surprisingly behind Georgia (#99) and even Turkey (??) (#98) - I wonder of the recent arrest of Hrant Dink was taken into consideration? How bad can the press situation be in Armenia if we're ranking way behind countires in a virtual state of civil war like the Congo? Also of note both the USA & Canada have dropped in the rankings since last year's (2004) report while Turkey moved up from 113, and Armenian fell back from 83. You can see the report Here. Full ranking below: The ranking N° Country Note 1 Denmark 0,50 - Finland 0,50 - Iceland 0,50 - Ireland 0,50 - Netherlands 0,50 - Norway 0,50 - Switzerland 0,50 8 Slovakia 0,75 9 Czech Republic 1,00 - Slovenia 1,00 11 Estonia 1,50 12 Hungary 2,00 - New Zealand 2,00 - Sweden 2,00 - Trinidad and Tobago 2,00 16 Austria 2,50 - Latvia 2,50 18 Belgium 4,00 - Germany 4,00 - Greece 4,00 21 Canada 4,50 - Lithuania 4,50 23 Portugal 4,83 24 United Kingdom 5,17 25 Benin 5,50 - Cyprus 5,50 - Namibia 5,50 28 El Salvador 5,75 29 Cape Verde 6,00 30 France 6,25 31 Australia 6,50 - South Africa 6,50 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7,00 34 Jamaica 7,50 - Mauritius 7,50 - South Korea 7,50 37 Japan 8,00 - Mali 8,00 39 Hong-Kong 8,25 40 Spain 8,33 41 Costa Rica 8,50 42 Italy 8,67 43 Macedonia 8,75 44 United States of America (American territory) 9,50 45 Bolivia 9,67 46 Uruguay 9,75 47 Israel 10,00 48 Bulgaria 10,25 49 Mozambique 10,50 50 Chile 11,75 51 Dominican Republic 12,25 - Taiwan 12,25 53 Cyprus (North) 12,50 - Mongolia 12,50 - Poland 12,50 56 Croatia 12,83 57 Niger 13,00 58 Timor-Leste 13,50 59 Argentina 13,67 60 Botswana 14,00 - Fiji 14,00 62 Albania 14,17 63 Brazil 14,50 - Tonga 14,50 65 Serbia and Montenegro 14,83 66 Ghana 15,00 - Panama 15,00 68 Nicaragua 15,25 69 Paraguay 15,50 70 Romania 16,17 71 Congo 17,00 - Guinea-Bissau 17,00 - Seychelles 17,00 74 Moldova 17,50 - Tanzania 17,50 76 Angola 18,00 - Honduras 18,00 78 Burkina Faso 19,00 - Senegal 19,00 80 Uganda 19,25 81 Lesotho 19,50 82 Central African Republic 19,75 83 Cameroon 20,50 - Liberia 20,50 85 Kuwait 21,25 86 Guatemala 21,50 87 Ecuador 21,75 88 Comoros 22,00 89 Malawi 22,75 90 Burundi 23,00 - Cambodia 23,00 - Qatar 23,00 - Venezuela 23,00 - Zambia 23,00 95 Togo 23,75 96 Jordan 24,00 97 Madagascar 24,50 98 Turkey 25,00 99 Georgia 25,17 100 Kosovo 25,75 - United Arab Emirates 25,75 102 Armenia 26,00 - Gabon 26,00 - Guinea 26,00 - Indonesia 26,00 106 India 27,00 107 Thailand 28,00 108 Lebanon 28,25 109 Chad 30,00 - Kenya 30,00 111 Kyrgyzstan 32,00 112 Ukraine 32,50 113 Malaysia 33,00 - Tajikistan 33,00 115 Sri Lanka 33,25 116 Peru 33,33 117 Haiti 33,50 118 Swaziland 35,00 119 Kazakhstan 36,17 - Morocco 36,17 121 Djibouti 37,00 122 Rwanda 38,00 123 Bahrein 38,75 - Nigeria 38,75 125 Afghanistan 39,17 126 Sierra Leone 39,50 127 Mauritania 40,00 128 Colombia 40,17 129 Algeria 40,33 130 Gambia 41,00 131 Ethiopia 42,00 132 Palestinian Authority 42,50 133 Equatorial Guinea 44,00 - Sudan 44,00 135 Mexico 45,50 136 Yemen 46,25 137 United States of America (in Iraq) 48,50 138 Russia 48,67 139 Philippines 50,00 140 Singapore 50,67 141 Azerbaijan 51,00 142 Bhutan 51,50 143 Egypt 52,00 144 Côte d’Ivoire 52,25 145 Syria 55,00 146 Democratic Republic of Congo 57,33 147 Tunisia 57,50 148 Maldives 58,50 149 Somalia 59,00 150 Pakistan 60,75 151 Bangladesh 61,25 152 Belarus 61,33 153 Zimbabwe 64,25 154 Saudi Arabia 66,00 155 Laos 66,50 - Uzbekistan 66,50 157 Iraq 67,00 158 Vietnam 73,25 159 China 83,00 160 Nepal 86,75 161 Cuba 87,00 162 Libya 88,75 163 Burma 88,83 164 Iran 89,17 165 Turkmenistan 93,50 166 Eritrea 99,75 167 North Korea 109,00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 There is no way that Congo could be in that position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 I stopped paying attention to any Indexes, Charts, Classifications, World Rankings etc... It is all business! You realize how false all these rankings are when you meet people from different countries and then realize how those "most developed" blah, blah is baloooooony! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted October 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 There is no way that Congo could be in that position. Yeah - I was pretty surprised as well. But more importantly, the US has slipped almost 20 places, while the Turks (even with the Pahmuk & Dink incidents) have risen in the rankings. Perhaps Gams is right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakharar Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 What Heritage Foundation is to the right establishment in the East coast, Reporters sans frontières is to the leftists in Europe. Both are politically motivated and we can easily see this in the list. Currently unrecognized countries such as North Cyprus and Kosovo are included as is the US administration (?) in Iraq. Other than that I think the list is fairly accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 "Journalists there simply relay government propaganda. Anyone out of step is harshly dealt with. A word too many, a commentary that deviates from the official line or a wrongly-spelled name and the author may be thrown in prison or draw the wrath of those in power. Harassment, psychological pressure, intimidation and round-the-clock surveillance are routine." Yeah, um, Turkey??? It doesn't make sense. How about Russia and Mexico, they are that below Turkey? 137 United States of America (in Iraq) 48,50 What does this mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted October 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 48,50 is the score - you can see every country's respective score to the right of each listing. As far as the USA in Iraq listing, I gues they don't really consider it Iraq now that USA has occupied the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 Yeah - I was pretty surprised as well. But more importantly, the US has slipped almost 20 places, while the Turks (even with the Pahmuk & Dink incidents) have risen in the rankings. Perhaps Gams is right? Indonesia having the same score as Armenia, and Greece being before Canada my @$$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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