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Governments around the world are putting increasing pressure on journalists restriction of press freedom on a global scalein accordance with Reporters Without Borders (RSF)which blames the international community
Governments around the world are putting increasing pressure on journalists restriction of press freedom on a global scalein accordance with Reporters Without Borders (RSF)which blames the international community for not doing enough to protect Journalists Gazawhere more than a hundred have already died.
In its annual ranking for 2024, assessing the situation in 180 countries, published this Friday on the occasion World Press Freedom DayRSF confirms that only 25% of countries analyzed have a “satisfactory” or “good” situation, with the majority of these being European (first in that order are Norway, Denmark and Swedenand Spain is in 30th place after improving by six).
“RSF celebrates an alarming deterioration in support for and respect for media autonomy and increased pressure exerted by states or other political actors,” condemns the report, which takes into account five assessment criteria, including political ones, which drop by 7.6 points overall.
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IN USAone of the oldest democracies in the world, explains RSF drop by 10 positionsto position 55 (a “problematic” level, third out of five) due to the pre-election situation in view of the November 2024 presidential election, in which Donald Trump, hostile to the traditional press, could regain power.
The NGO believes that at this pre-election stage, some political leaders, without specifying which ones, “They fueled discredit in the media” and “they openly asked for the journalists to be jailed.”
Also on the American continent Argentina fell sharply (26 positions in 66th place), a democracy led since the end of 2023 by the far-right Javier Miley, another figure targeting traditional media.
New to the 2024 classification is the situation of journalists in Palestine following the Israeli military offensive in Gaza in response to Hamas attacks in Gaza. October 7, 2023
“We observe that the international community has not applied the principles of protecting journalists, in particular UN Security Council Resolution 2222,” he confirmed. EFE Elena Garcia, one of the RSF representatives.
More than 100 Palestinian reporters were killed by Israeli forcesAt least 22 of them died while practicing their profession, according to a Paris-based NGO.
“Under Israeli bombs, Palestine (ranked 157th) is now one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists,” the report emphasizes. Israel, for its part, dropped four places to 101st place.
Another armed conflict that receives the most media coverage, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, continues to impact press freedom and the moral and physical integrity of whistleblowers. Vladimir Putin’s Russia (up 2 places) remains at the bottom, they say “very seriously”in 161st place out of 180. Ukraine, in turn, rose by 18, to 61st place.
According to RSF, the influence of the Kremlin and its propaganda has spread to other countries in Eastern Europe. Belarus (fall by 10 places, to 167), Georgia (103), Kyrgyzstan (120) or Azerbaijan (-13 places, to 164th). Also in Serbia (-7, up to 98).
The Kremlin’s influence and propaganda spread to other countries of Eastern Europe that were part of the former USSR. Belarus (fall by 10 places, to 167), Georgia (103), Kyrgyzstan (120) or Azerbaijan (-13 places, to 164). Also in Serbia (-7, up to 98), according to RSF.
In sub-Saharan Africa, 2023 was marked by political violence during electoral elections in countries such as Nigeria (ranked 112th), as well as instability in Niger (ranked 80th following the July 2023 coup). ), Burkina Faso (86) and Mali (114), all of which are currently in Moscow’s orbit.
It is Eritrea, an African country, that closes the list in 180th place.
In Asia, the most populous region on the planet, 26 of 32 states and territories downgraded their rankings (most rated them as “very difficult” or “severe”), with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan falling the most (26 places to 178), behind they are followed by North Korea (177) and China (172), the country “that jails the most journalists in the world,” according to RSF.
India, the world’s most populous country, remains at the bottom of the rankings (159), while South Korea, a democratic country in the region, dropped 15 places to 62.
In a European election year on June 9, RSF has warned of the dangers of technologies that create so-called “deep fakes” (authentic manipulation using artificial intelligence) and lists Hungary (67), Malta (73) and Greece (88) as members The EU with the worst rating in the “problem” state.
On the other hand, Poland, which formed a pro-European government in 2023, ending a long period of ultranationalism on the part of the PIS, rose 10 places to 47th.
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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