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Reporters Without Borders: the decline of press freedom worldwide .. and Iraq ranked 158
Baghdad / long-Presse
Reporters Without Borders: the decline of press freedom worldwide .. and Iraq ranked 158
Baghdad / long-Presse
Press freedom were recorded during 2015 , adecline all over the world, especially in theAmerican continent , which came for the first time after Africa , according to the annual rating of the organization "Reporters without Borders" published on Wednesday, while the Arab countries in conflict came, including Iraq, in recent mattresses rating , which included 180 countries. the organization said in its report, which I followed ( the long - Presse), said that "Syria classified as in 2015 , the past, is ranked 177 of the classification of press freedom , which includes 180 countries, immediately after China (176), and by Turkmenistan ( 178), and North Korea (179) and Eritrea (180) ", usually that" the practice of journalism in some countries in conflict, dating back to a courageous act, including Iraq , which was ranked (158), Libya (164) and Yemen (170). " Commenting on the decline in press freedom around the world , in general, theSecretary General of the Organization Christophe Dollwar said, told media, " the classification are all indicators attest to the deterioration , " adding that "there are many public authorities are trying to regain control of their country, for fear of opening up large in the public debate. " He added Dollwar that" all the authorities find itincreasingly easier to go directly to the public thanks to the new technologies, and thus there is violence , thelargest about representing the independent media. " She explained , " Reporters without borders "that" theAmerican continent experienced the largest decline in the field freedom of the press, especially with theassassinations targeting journalists in Central America. " the classification is based on freedom of the press issued by the organization since 2002, to a range of indicators, is:" pluralism, independence of the media, theenvironment, self - censorship, the legal framework, transparency, infrastructure and abuses. " the show version 2016 rankings of press freedom , " the severity of the violations that groans beneath media freedom and independence of the press at the hands of some countries, or by freaks ideology and special interests, "and reveals the category" mattresses occupied by each country in terms of freedom of action of journalists , which includes 180 countries from all over the world. " given the regional indicators, it seems that" Europe (19.8 points) still is the area that is blessed with the media where the greatest freedom, while followed (by far) , Africa (36.9), which managed in an unprecedented manner to overcome the Americas region (37.1), where Latin America is witnessing increasing violence against journalists, and then come Asia (43.8) third, Eastern Europe and Central Asia (48.4) fourth, while North Africa and the Middle East (50.8) , it remains thearea where groaning journalists where under pressure of all kinds and various forms. " and occupies three countries of northern Europe , " the top of the world rankings, where he maintains Finland on its position in the forefront since 2010, followed by all of the Netherlands (2, +2), Norway (3, -1 ) ", and on" the most remarkable developments, have made Tunisia (96, +30) significant progress, thanks to the lower frequency ofviolations and procedures aggressive, also recorded a marked improvement in the Ukraine (107 +22) due to calm the conflict. " in contrast, notes" retreat clear Poland (47, -29) due to the campaign by ultra -conservative party launched in order to grab the media ", while" reflects the bottom of the classification part abig drop for Tajikistan (150, -34), the struggling under the authoritarianism of the current system. " turn , "saw Brunei (155, -34) a tragic deterioration is attributable to the application of Islamic law , which encouraged self - censorship. For its part, Burundi has seen a retreat marked (156, -11) , which were thescene of violent attacks against journalists after the re - election of President Pierre Nkurunziza and preceded by protests and controversy over his candidacy. "The bottom of the table" triple infernal consisting of Turkmenistan (178), Korea North (179) and Eritrea (180). " in this regard, the Secretary - General of theOrganization of Reporters said without borders, Christophe Delaware, that" unfortunately, it is noted that ahuge number of officials in all parts of the world are showing some kind of suspicion against the legitimate exercise of the press to work . " noting that " the general climate dominated by fear leads to hatred growing about the debate and pluralism, and also to the feet of some governments to block the media in full drift towards a tendency authoritarian deprivation of freedoms, not to mention the occurrence of media organizations are increasingly in the hands of the private sector companies to serve its interests . " said Delaware on the need to " defend journalism worthy of the name and stand against all that enhances theways of publicity or news that dictated hidden or those funded by certain interests of the parties views ,"adding that" guarantee the right of citizens to receive independent news and reliable is one way to solve local and global problems witnessed by the whole of humanity. " the global press freedom rankings published annually since 2002 on the initiative of the organization" Reporters without borders ", as it represents thebasis of the tool in the defense of media freedom and independence of the process, and so on the basis of the principle of competition between states, as can the wide spread of the influence is increasingly in the media and public authorities at the national level and international organizations as well. the classification isbased to measure the state of freedom of the press, on the basis of the evaluation of the extent of pluralism and independence of the media and the quality of the legal framework and the safety of journalists in 180 countries . And set the table on the basis of a standard questionnaire twenty different languages, with the participation of experts from all over the world. In addition to qualitative analysis taking into account thestatistics of the number of acts of violence against journalists during the period studied. The classification "does not represent an indication of " the quality of news production, and a statement of the outcome ofpublic policy, even if governments bear a large part of the responsibility in this regard.
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