Brunei Ranked 121st in Media Freedom Worldwide


Posted date: February 13, 2015

PARIS – Media freedom suffered a “drastic decline” worldwide last year in part because of extremist groups such as Islamic State and Boko Haram, the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders

The Reporters Without Borders 2015 World Press Freedom Index stated that there were 3,719 violations of freedom of information in 180 countries in 2014 – eight per cent more than a year earlier.

The best-rated nations were northern European states such as Finland, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden, with New Zealand, Canada and Jamaica also making the top 10.

RSF’s ranking put Iran, China, Syria and North Korea among the countries with the very worst levels of press freedom out of the 180 evaluated.

Brunei Darussalam is ranked 121st but is above some of its neighbours – Thailand (134), India (136), Indonesia (138), Cambodia (139), Philippines (141), Malaysia (147), Singapore (153), Vietnam (175) and China (176).

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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