Reports and ratings on the media sector

Reporters With­out Bor­ders (RSF) annu­al sur­vey released: In 2024, jour­nal­ism pays a dis­pro­por­tion­ate­ly high human price in con­flicts and repres­sive regimes.  Down­load PDF.

In the report «Sus­tain­ing inde­pen­dent jour­nal­ism: Civ­il soci­ety organ­i­sa­tions’ sup­port for Belaru­sian and Russ­ian exiled media», pro­duced by The Fix for The Thom­son Reuters Foun­da­tion, comes at a piv­otal moment as the ecosys­tem for exiled inde­pen­dent media in Cen­tral and East­ern Europe con­tin­ues to adapt and devel­op in response to severe polit­i­cal repres­sion in Belarus […]

The 2021 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) which evaluates the press freedom situation in 180 countries and territories annually, shows that Belarus (down 5 at 158th) has confirmed its status as Europe’s most dangerous country for journalists. “The Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region held onto its second-to-last position in the regional rankings, in part because of events in Belarus (down 5 at 158th), where journalists were subjected to an unprecedented crackdown in an attempt to cover up the massive street protests in response to the contested presidential election result,” the report reads.

On April 7, the Amnesty International organisation published its 2020/2021 report on the state of the human rights in the world; it covers 149 countries and delivers a comprehensive analysis of human rights trends globally in 2020.

In a new report, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) named Turkmenistan, Iran, and Belarus as being among the ten worst countries for press censorship.

Olympic Officials Should Ensure Reporters’ Safety