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WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX 2012

Evolution of more than 10 ranks Evolution of less than 10 ranks Rank 1 3 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 22 24 25 Reporters Without Borders promotes and defends the freedom to be informed and to inform others throughout the world. Based in Paris, it has ten international offices (Berlin, Brussels, Geneva, Madrid, Montreal, New York, Stockholm, Tunis, Vienna and Washington DC) and more than 150 correspondents in all five continents. 47, rue Vivienne 75002 Paris, Tel. : 33 1 44 83 84 56 Fax : 33 1 45 23 11 51 presse@rsf.org Read more : www.rsf.org 28 29 30 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Country Finland Norway Estonia Netherlands Austria Iceland Luxembourg Switzerland Cape Verde Canada Denmark Sweden New Zealand Czech Republic Ireland Cyprus Jamaica Germany Costa Rica Belgium Namibia Japan Surinam Poland Mali OECS Slovakia United Kingdom Niger Australia Lithuania Uruguay Portugal Tanzania Papua New Guinea Slovenia El Salvador France Grade -10,00 -10,00 -9,00 -9,00 -8,00 -7,00 -7,00 -6,20 -6,00 -5,67 -5,67 -5,50 -5,33 -5,00 -4,00 -3,00 -3,00 -3,00 -2,25 -2,00 -2,00 -1,00 -1,00 -0,67 0,00 0,00 0,00 2,00 2,50 4,00 4,00 4,25 5,33 6,00 9,00 9,14 9,30 9,50

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Rank 39 40 41 42 Evolution of more than 10 ranks Evolution of less than 10 ranks 44 45 47 50 52 53 54 57 58 61 62 63 66 67 68 70 Reporters Without Borders promotes and defends the freedom to be informed and to inform others throughout the world. Based in Paris, it has ten international offices (Berlin, Brussels, Geneva, Madrid, Montreal, New York, Stockholm, Tunis, Vienna and Washington DC) and more than 150 correspondents in all five continents. 47, rue Vivienne 75002 Paris, Tel. : 33 1 44 83 84 56 Fax : 33 1 45 23 11 51 presse@rsf.org Read more : www.rsf.org 72 73 75 77 78 79 80 -

Country Spain Hungary Ghana South Africa Botswana South Korea Comoros Taiwan United States of America Argentina Romania Latvia Trinidad and Tobago Haiti Moldova Hong-Kong Mauricio Samoa United States of America (extra-territorial) Malta Bosnia and Herzegovina Guyana Italy Central African Republic Lesotho Sierra Leone Tonga Mozambique Mauritania Croatia Burkina Faso Bhutan Greece Nicaragua Maldives Seychelles Guinea-Bissau Senegal Armenia Kuwait Togo Serbia Bulgaria Chile Paraguay

Grade 9,75 10,00 11,00 12,00 12,00 12,67 13,00 13,00 14,00 14,00 14,00 15,00 15,00 15,67 16,00 17,00 17,00 17,00 19,00 19,50 19,50 19,50 19,67 20,00 21,00 21,00 21,00 21,50 22,20 23,33 23,33 24,00 24,00 24,33 25,00 25,00 26,00 26,00 27,00 28,00 28,50 29,00 29,00 29,00 29,00

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Rank 84 86 Evolution of more than 10 ranks Evolution of less than 10 ranks 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 99 100 101 102 103 104 106 107 108 110 111 112 113 114 115 Reporters Without Borders promotes and defends the freedom to be informed and to inform others throughout the world. Based in Paris, it has ten international offices (Berlin, Brussels, Geneva, Madrid, Montreal, New York, Stockholm, Tunis, Vienna and Washington DC) and more than 150 correspondents in all five continents. 47, rue Vivienne 75002 Paris, Tel. : 33 1 44 83 84 56 Fax : 33 1 45 23 11 51 presse@rsf.org Read more : www.rsf.org 116 117 122 125 126 127 128

Country Kenya Madagascar Guinea Kosovo Timor-Leste Zambia Congo Benin Israel (Israeli territory) Lebanon Macedonia Dominican Republic Albania Cameroon Guatemala Brazil Mongolia Gabon Cyprus (North) Chad Ecuador Georgia Nepal Montenegro Bolivia Kyrgyzstan Liberia South Sudan United Arab Emirates Panama Qatar Peru Ukraine Cambodia Fiji Oman Venezuela Zimbabwe Algeria Tajikistan Malaysia Brunei Nigeria Ethiopia Jordan

Grade 29,50 29,50 30,00 30,00 30,00 30,00 30,38 31,00 31,25 31,50 31,67 33,25 34,44 35,00 35,00 35,33 35,75 36,50 37,00 37,67 38,00 38,00 38,75 39,00 40,00 40,00 40,50 41,25 45,00 45,67 46,00 51,25 54,00 55,00 55,00 55,00 55,00 55,00 56,00 56,00 56,00 56,20 56,40 56,60 56,80

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Rank 129 130 131 132 133 Evolution of more than 10 ranks Evolution of less than 10 ranks 134 135 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 156 157 158 159 Reporters Without Borders promotes and defends the freedom to be informed and to inform others throughout the world. Based in Paris, it has ten international offices (Berlin, Brussels, Geneva, Madrid, Montreal, New York, Stockholm, Tunis, Vienna and Washington DC) and more than 150 correspondents in all five continents. 47, rue Vivienne 75002 Paris, Tel. : 33 1 44 83 84 56 Fax : 33 1 45 23 11 51 presse@rsf.org Read more : www.rsf.org 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173

Country Bangladesh Burundi India Angola Israel (extra-territorial) Tunisia Singapore Honduras Thailand Morocco Uganda Philippines Gambia Russia Colombia Swaziland Democratic Republic of Congo Indonesia Malawi Turkey Mexico Afghanistan Pakistan Iraq Palestinian Territories Kazakhstan Libya Rwanda Uzbekistan Saudi Arabia Cte dIvoire Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Azerbaijan Sri Lanka Somalia Laos Egypt Cuba Belarus Burma Sudan Yemen Vietnam Bahrain

Grade 57,00 57,75 58,00 58,43 59,00 60,25 61,00 61,00 61,50 63,29 64,00 64,50 65,50 66,00 66,50 67,00 67,67 68,00 68,00 70,00 72,67 74,00 75,00 75,36 76,00 77,50 77,50 81,00 83,00 83,25 83,50 83,50 86,00 87,25 87,50 88,33 89,00 97,50 98,83 99,00 100,00 100,75 101,00 114,00 125,00

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Rank 174 175 176 177 178 Evolution of more than 10 ranks Evolution of less than 10 ranks 179

Country China Iran Syria Turkmenistan North Korea Eritrea

Grade 136,00 136,60 138,00 140,67 141,00 142,00

Reporters Without Borders promotes and defends the freedom to be informed and to inform others throughout the world. Based in Paris, it has ten international offices (Berlin, Brussels, Geneva, Madrid, Montreal, New York, Stockholm, Tunis, Vienna and Washington DC) and more than 150 correspondents in all five continents. 47, rue Vivienne 75002 Paris, Tel. : 33 1 44 83 84 56 Fax : 33 1 45 23 11 51 presse@rsf.org Read more : www.rsf.org

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