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World Press Freedom Index
•Reporters Without Borders (RWB) is an international non-profit organisation which defends the
right of every human being to have access to free and reliable information.
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•The purpose of the World Press Freedom Index is to compare the level of press freedom enjoyed by
journalists and media in 180 countries and territories. This comparison is based on a definition of
press freedom formulated by RSF and its panel experts:
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Press Freedom (RSF):
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•“the ability of journalists … to select, produce, and disseminate news in the public interest
independent of political, economic, legal, and social interference and in the absence of threats to
their physical and mental safety.”

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Evaluation criteria
•political context
•legal framework
•economic context
•sociocultural context
•safety
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•More on methodology: https://rsf.org/en/index-methodologie-2022?year=2022&data_type=general

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Press Freedom Map
•https://rsf.org/en/index
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•The colours and classifications are assigned as follows:
·[85 - 100 points]  the situation is good (green)
·[70 - 85 points[  satisfactory (yellow)
·[55 - 70 points[  problematic (light orange)
·[40 - 55 points[  difficult (dark orange)
·[0 - 40 points[ very serious (dark red)
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