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ARMENIA RANKS 101ST IN 2010 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX
armradio.am
20.10.2010 18:49
Armenia ranks 101st out of 178 states in the 2010 Press Freedom Index
list issued by Reporters Without Borders organization. Armenia was
111th last year. Georgia comes 99th, while Azerbaijan is 138th.
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. Norway and Iceland have always been among the countries sharing
first position except in 2006 (Norway) and 2009 (Iceland). These six
countries set an example in the way they respect journalists and news
media and protect them from judicial abuse.
The Reporters Without Borders index measures the violations of
press freedom in the world. It reflects the degree of freedom that
journalists and news organisations enjoy in each country, and the
efforts made by the authorities to respect and ensure respect for
this freedom.
A score and a position is assigned to each country in the final
ranking. They are complementary indicators that together assess the
state of press freedom. A country can change position from year to
year even if its score stays the same, and viceversa.
This ranking reflects the situation during a specific period. It is
based solely on events between 1 September 2009 and 1 September 2010.
It does not look at human rights violations in general, just press
freedom violations.
To compile this index, Reporters Without Borders prepared a
questionnaire with 43 criteria that assess the state of press freedom
in each country. It includes every kind of violation directly affecting
journalists (such as murders, imprisonment, physical attacks and
threats) and news media (censorship, confiscation of newspaper issues,
searches and harassment). And it includes the degree of impunity
enjoyed by those responsible for these press freedom violations.
It also measures the level of self-censorship in each country and the
ability of the media to investigate and criticise. Financial pressure,
which is increasingly common, is also assessed and incorporated into
the final score.
The questionnaire takes account of the legal framework for the media
(including penalties for press offences, the existence of a state
monopoly for certain kinds of media and how the media are regulated)
and the level of independence of the public media. It also reflects
violations of the free flow of information on the Internet.
From: A. Papazian
armradio.am
20.10.2010 18:49
Armenia ranks 101st out of 178 states in the 2010 Press Freedom Index
list issued by Reporters Without Borders organization. Armenia was
111th last year. Georgia comes 99th, while Azerbaijan is 138th.
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. Norway and Iceland have always been among the countries sharing
first position except in 2006 (Norway) and 2009 (Iceland). These six
countries set an example in the way they respect journalists and news
media and protect them from judicial abuse.
The Reporters Without Borders index measures the violations of
press freedom in the world. It reflects the degree of freedom that
journalists and news organisations enjoy in each country, and the
efforts made by the authorities to respect and ensure respect for
this freedom.
A score and a position is assigned to each country in the final
ranking. They are complementary indicators that together assess the
state of press freedom. A country can change position from year to
year even if its score stays the same, and viceversa.
This ranking reflects the situation during a specific period. It is
based solely on events between 1 September 2009 and 1 September 2010.
It does not look at human rights violations in general, just press
freedom violations.
To compile this index, Reporters Without Borders prepared a
questionnaire with 43 criteria that assess the state of press freedom
in each country. It includes every kind of violation directly affecting
journalists (such as murders, imprisonment, physical attacks and
threats) and news media (censorship, confiscation of newspaper issues,
searches and harassment). And it includes the degree of impunity
enjoyed by those responsible for these press freedom violations.
It also measures the level of self-censorship in each country and the
ability of the media to investigate and criticise. Financial pressure,
which is increasingly common, is also assessed and incorporated into
the final score.
The questionnaire takes account of the legal framework for the media
(including penalties for press offences, the existence of a state
monopoly for certain kinds of media and how the media are regulated)
and the level of independence of the public media. It also reflects
violations of the free flow of information on the Internet.
From: A. Papazian