Tag: Reporters sans frontières

Ukraine’s ‘Press Freedom’ Score Increases Despite Martial Law, Banned Media

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France-based press watchdog Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontières, or RSF) recently released its scores and rankings for international press freedom. In 2022, RSF gave Ukraine a score of 55.76 out of 100, placing it 106th out of 180 countries surveyed. In the most recent report, issued after over a year of war, Ukraine shot to 79th out of 180, with a new score of 61.19. This despite wartime measures that banned opposition parties, consolidated media under state control, and saw journalists’ speech chilled by unprecedented intimidation.

Ukraine’s ‘Press Freedom’ Score Increases Despite Martial Law, Banned Media

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Reporters Without Borders launches campaign to censor Russian media

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Reporters Without Borders launches campaign to censor Russian media

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