Democracies must use themselves more strongly for Pressefreiheit
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Reporter ohne Grenzen e. V.
01.02.2007 - 14:01 - Media, Internet & Telecommunications
(prcenter.de) Berlin - “the situation of the Pressefreiheit is world-wide alarming”, so the result of reporter without borders (ROG) to the annual report of the organization appearing today. “Frightening many journalists and medium coworker were arrested or killed in the past year.” 871 arrests and 81 killing - these are the highest numbers since 1994. The first month in 2007 does not promise improvement: Six journalists and four medium coworkers died alone in January because of or during their work.
“The other world of these numbers draws a lack of interest and occasionally also a failure of democratic states off, without reservation for liberty of opinion and pressing to occur”, so the organization for the defense of the Pressefreiheit further. “States of that the European Union about must engage themselves world-wide more strongly for free media. In an economic co-operation, for example with Russia or China, the human right must be called in on free expression of opinion.”
Also within the European Union and in the USA from view of ROG the Pressefreiheit will undermine ever more frequently approximately by injury of the source protection. The anti-terror fight and the safety interests exerted by it serve as argument.
In the Near East medium people were again in the past year victims of the chronic instability in the region. 64 journalists and medium coworker were killed in the Iraq. In addition the number of the kidnappings increased there and in the Palestinian autonomy areas. Different governments had repeat more democracy in prospect placed. But of positive developments in things Pressefreiheit cannot be for instance in Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Tunesien or Libya the speech. Restrictive press laws, censorship and self censorship are at the agenda.
In Eastern Europe and central Asia the situation continued to intensify: Thus in Russia Kremlin near enterprises further media bought up, in white Russia president Lukaschenko around its re-election the last independent newspapers to the silence brought, in Usbekistan stand approximately independent native like foreign journalists substantial under pressure and in Kazakhstan oppositional media by new laws are chicaned.
In Latin America above all the situation in Mexico is concern exciting: There nine journalists were murdered, without an author was seized. In Cuba numerous encroachments are on medium people over 20 journalists in the prison and in Venezuela and Brazil still gave it approximately around the elections.
Injuries of the Pressefreiheit in Asia are reflected in 16 killed medium people - nearly all outside of theaters of war -, at least 328 arrests, 517 physical attacks or threats and 478 censored media against. Besides systematic censorship prevails in countries such as China, North Korea or Myanmar. Unrestricted, free expression of opinion is rare in Asia. The armistice in Nepal positively affected itself: Numerous journalists became from the detention to dismiss and media know again to report to a large extent unhindered. In Kambodscha Diffamierung does not stand any longer under detention.
Numerous African governments, above all those at the horn of Africa, proceed hard against critical medium people. 37 is alone in Eritrea and Ethiopia behind lattices. The murderers of journalists are pulled not to the account and are not protected in the Gambia, Burkina Faso and the democratic Republic of the Congo von Regierungen and Politikern. In Mauritania however the military junta kept its promise and introduced reforms, which guarantee Pressefreiheit.
Dictatorships control that for Internet with ever more sophisticated technologies, which frequently of western enterprises developed and installed are. China is prominent; it however increasingly copied of Viet Nam, Syria, Tunesien, Libya and Iran. At least 60 Internet Dissidenten are in these countries in detention, because they expressed on-line their opinion. The entire ROG annual report 2007 describes the situation of the Pressefreiheit in 98 countries. Introduction to the respective continents give an overview.
The report (on English, as pdf) can be downloaded under: http://www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de/fileadmin/rte/docs/2007/rapport_en_md.pdf
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