Middle East-North Africa
Middle East-North Africa most dangerous for journalists, says RSF’s 2021 press freedom index
Press freedoms in almost 75% of the 180 countries evaluated in the index have significantly declined. This has been aggravated by the COVID-19 outbreak which many countries have used as justification for exercising more control over the news media
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