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Press freedom shrinks
Informing the public in North Africa, the Middle East and Iran is a very risky business. Local journalists work in fear of government repression and foreign journalists who come to report on events in a region scarred by violence and terrorism work in very dangerous conditions.
Annual Reports 2005:
Midle-East and North Africa
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=514
Syria
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13313
Iran
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13306
Israel
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13308
Tunisia
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13314
Saudi Arabia
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13312
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2004:
Worst record of press freedom
Being a journalist in Iran or the Arab world often means not crossing the red lines set by the authorities if you want to avoid the repression of long-established dictatorships, authoritarian regimes or paper democracies. Only the vigorous and irreverent press in Israel has any true independence in a democratic environment, despite pressures on it.
Annual Reports 2004:
Middle-East and North Africa
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=421
Lebanon
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9934
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