Eritrea – Last in World Press Freedom Index for 2014 Remains Africa’s Biggest Prison for Journalists
2015-01-12 11:38:44 Written by EPDP Information Office Published in English Articles Read 2603 times-
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The World Press Freedom Index for 2014 has listed 180 countries for its evaluation and found Eritrea is still the last in the list – the 180th! Eritrea in 2014 also remained to be “Africa’s biggest prison for journalists”.
Prepared by Reporters Without Borders (RWB), the index confirmed that 28 journalists are currently in detention in Eritrea. It stated that ever since the repressive regime in Eritrea “closed down all privately-owned media and jailed 11 journalists in 2001, of which seven are reported to have died while in detention, Eritrea has been Africa’s biggest prison for the media”
The second worst place for press freedom in the world in 2014 was North Korea, the third being Turkmenistan, fourth Syria and the fifth Somalia which ranked 176th in list. Ethiopia is 143rd in the list, meaning the 33rd worst for press freedom in the world.
.The RWB index added that there are no longer any privately-owned media in Eritrea and that the state media are subject to such close surveillance that they have to conceal major world developments not liked by the repressive regime.
