The Maldives has fallen to 112th place in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index for 2015, dropping four places and marking a significant decline for the fourth consecutive year.
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Can some countries prevent the media from full access based on it being a risk to security? Can conflict be a genuine excuse for censorship and the restriction of free expression?
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The Venezuelan government is a puppeteer of state media, which is dangerous for all parties involved.
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Malaysian political cartoonist, Zunar, captures the new restrictions and stresses placed upon the media in Thailand resulting from the military coup.
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Ever since Russian military troops entered Crimea, local media workers have been intimidated and harassed, offices have been broken into, TV signals have been cut, and outside journalists have been barred entry to the country, effectively silencing all but “one ‘correct’ opinion.”
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Cuban editorial cartoonist Alfredo Martinera comments on the steady rise in kidnappings and murders of journalists in Mexico and Latin America.
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Since November 21, 2013 – the beginning of mass protests in Ukraine – 136 journalists have been injured while carrying out, or as a result of their professional activities, according to data collected by the Institute of Mass Information (IMI).
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