The United States (47th) also owed its fall of 27 places to the many arrests of journalist covering Occupy Wall Street protests.
Within the European Union, the index reflects a continuation of the very marked distinction between countries such as Finland and Netherlands that have always had a good evaluation and countries such as Bulgaria (80th), Greece (70th) and Italy (61st) that fail to address the issue of their media freedom violations, above all because of a lack of political will.
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Press Freedom Index 2011-2012 – Reporters Without Borders
Africa. Gap widens between good and bad performers in Africa. Dramatic falls by countries that cracked down on mass unrest. The 2011 Arab Spring did not spill over into sub-Saharan Africa to the point…
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