Drastic decline in media freedom worldwide , Iraq rank 156
the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders said in its annual evaluation released today.
According to the same report, Syria, Iraq and Libya are among the countries which occupies the bottom of the world ranking of press freedom.
According to the organization’s report "from Boko Haram to the Islamic state organization, passing drug traffickers in Latin America and the Sicilian Mafia, the motives are different but the methods are the same," which is based on the "intimidation and reprisals to silence journalists and bloggers who dare and conduct investigations ".
"Reporters without Borders organization confirmed" the existence of what it has described as the dangerous "black holes" in the Middle East and North Africa, where " non-governmental groups controlled entire regions where simply there is no independent media."
Syria is still considered the most dangerous country in the world for journalists, according to the organization, which still occupies - as in the previous year - ranked 177 out of 180 countries, just before China (176) and after Turkmenistan (178) , North Korea (179) , Eritrea (180) , which are the four countries that topped last year's report also in terms of the most dangerous countries on press freedom.
As for Iraq comes ranked in 156 and Nigeria ranked 111.
The organization explained that "the breadth of the attacks" in the two countries committed by the "Islamic state" in Iraq and Syria, "pay journalists to flee." Iran also ranked among the worst press freedom levels.
For the fifth year in a row ,Finland remain in first place of the classification, this year, followed by Norway and Denmark, which entered the top three. However, a number of smaller European countries have fallen in the ratings, like Luxembourg, which rolled from rank 4 to rank 19 and Liechtenstein from rank 6 to rank 27 and Andorra from rank 5 to rank 32, the biggest decline recorded by the state in this category.
Bulgaria remains (ranked 106, six ranks down) in the worst position among European Union countries, while Greece is ranked 91, a progress of 8 ranks, behind Kuwait
The African countries are still in the low ranks in spite of the progress made by Ivory Coast (86 a progress by 15 ranks).
Congo lost 25 ranks (107), Libya 17 ranks and ranked (154). This classification is based on seven indicators in the level of abuse , the spread of pluralism , independence of the media, the environment and self-censorship , the legal framework and transparency and infrastructure. The organization concluded that "freedom of the press is in a decline in the five continents," asserting that the indicators as "conclusive."
