Press Freedom 2008

Press freedom in Indonesia in the eyes of non governmental organizations monitoring international media in 167 countries in the world as surveyed by Reporters Without Borders (RWB) ranked the 100th. In the press freedom index of 2007 received by ANTARA News in Tokyo, Indonesia ranked second in South Asia after Cambodia.

Under the index, freedom of the press in East Asian countries will be better in Southeast Asia. Press freedom in East Asia ranks the 30th to 40th except the People`s Republic of China (RRC). In the index which only includes minimum violence or threats for journalists in the performance of their journalistic duties, the position of press freedom in 10 ASEAN member countries indicated that Cambodia was in the 85th rank, followed by Indonesia in the 100th rank, Brunei Darussalam 118, Malaysia 124 and the Philippines 128. In world rank, United States, 53, has fallen nine places since last year, after being in 17th position in the first year of the Index, in 2002.

Source: Antara.news