Freedom House Map of Press Freedom 2009
Arctic Ocean Greenland Sea Beaufort Sea GREENLAND Norwegian Sea (DENMARK) ICELAND NORWAY U.S.A. SWEDEN FINLAND RUSSIA
Hudson Bay ESTONIA Bering Sea Labrador Sea DENMARK LATVIA Gulf of Alaska CANADA U.K. RUSSIA LITHUANIA Sea of Okhotsk BELARUS IRELAND NETHERLANDS POLAND GERMANY BELGIUM LUXEMBOURG CZECH REP. UKRAINE LIECHTENSTEIN SLOVAKIA MOLDOVA KAZAKHSTAN SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA HUNGARY North Atlantic Ocean SLOVENIA ROMANIA MONGOLIA FRANCE ITALY CROATIA SERBIA BOSNIA & HERZ. MONTENEGRO MONACO BULGARIA GEORGIA UZBEKISTAN ANDORRA SAN MARINO MACEDONIA KYRGYZSTAN PORTUGAL KOSOVO (SERBIA) ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN GREECE TURKMENISTAN NORTH KOREA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SPAIN TURKEY TAJIKISTAN ALBANIA North Paci c Ocean MALTA KASHMIR (PAKISTAN) CHINA SOUTH KOREA TUNISIA CYPRUS SYRIA LEBANON AFGHANISTAN KASHMIR (INDIA) MOROCCO ISRAELI OCCUPIED/PAL. AUTHO. IRAQ ISRAEL IRAN East JAPAN JORDAN TIBET (CHINA) China Sea
KUWAIT PAKISTAN NEPAL ALGERIA BAHRAIN BHUTAN LIBYA MEXICO BAHAMAS EGYPT QATAR Gulf of Mexico WESTERN SAHARA (MOROCCO) U.A.E. TAIWAN PUERTO RICO (U.S.A.) INDIA North Paci c Ocean SAUDI ARABIA BURMA HONG KONG (CHINA) CUBA LAOS MAURITANIA BANGLADESH JAMAICA ST. KITTS & NEVIS OMAN MALI BELIZE HAITI ANTIGUA & BARBUDA NIGER DOM. REP. YEMEN South China Sea HONDURAS SENEGAL CHAD ERITREA Bay of Bengal THAILAND DOMINICA VIETNAM Caribbean Sea ST. LUCIA CAPE VERDE MARSHALL GUATEMALA GRENADA THE GAMBIA SUDAN PHILIPPINES ISLANDS EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA ST. VINCENT & GRENADINES BURKINA CAMBODIA BARBADOS FASO DJIBOUTI GUINEA BISSAU GUINEA BENIN NIGERIA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO SOMALILAND (SOMALIA) COSTA RICA ETHIOPIA SRI LANKA MICRONESIA VENEZUELA GUYANA SIERRA LEONE CÔTE GHANA D’IVOIRE CENTRAL AFRICAN PANAMA SURINAME NAURU KIRIBATI REPUBLIC BRUNEI FRENCH GUIANA (FRANCE) LIBERIA TOGO COLOMBIA CAMEROON MALDIVES SOMALIA MALAYSIA PALAU EQUATORIAL GUINEA UGANDA SAO TOME & PRINCIPE ECUADOR KENYA SINGAPORE TUVALU GABON RWANDA
CONGO (KINSHASA) BURUNDI CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) PERU INDONESIA PAPUA SOLOMON TANZANIA NEW GUINEA SEYCHELLES ISLANDS EAST TIMOR BRAZIL COMOROS Indian Ocean ANGOLA SAMOA ZAMBIA VANUATU
MAURITIUS BOLIVIA ZIMBABWE MALAWI FIJI NAMIBIA MADAGASCAR MOZAMBIQUE TONGA PARAGUAY BOTSWANA
CHILE South Atlantic Ocean AUSTRALIA
SWAZILAND ARGENTINA SOUTH AFRICA LESOTHO URUGUAY South Paci c Ocean Tasman Sea
NEW ZEALAND
Survey Findings The Map of Press Freedom reflects the findings of Freedom the ability of print, broadcast, and internet-based news outlets ranging from the murder of journalists to other extralegal abuse
Freedom Status Country Breakdown Population Breakdown (in billions) House’s study Freedom of the Press 2009: A Global Survey of to operate freely and without fear of repercussions. The study and harassment by both state and nonstate actors. Media Independence, which rates the level of press freedom also assesses the degree of news and information diversity Freedom House is an independent nongovernmental FREE 70 (36%) 1.17 (17%) in 195 countries and territories during 2008. Based on these available to the public in any given country, from either local or organization that has monitored press freedom worldwide since PARTLY FREE 61 (31%) 2.72 (41%) ratings, countries are classified as Free, Partly Free, or transnational sources. 1980. Not Free. Criteria include: the legal environment in which the media NOT FREE 64 (33%) 2.80 (42%) The ratings system is designed to capture the varied ways in operate; the degree of political control over the news media; TOTAL 195 (100%) 6.69 (100%) which pressure can be placed on the flow of information and economic pressures on content; and violations of press freedom www.freedomhouse.org
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