Report: Finland ranks among top countries in freedom of press

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Where freedom of expression and freedom of speech are concerned, Finland ranks among the top countries in the world, according to a fresh report by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) organisation. Other countries excelling in this area include Ireland, Iceland, and The Netherlands.
      At the opposite end of the spectrum on the Press Freedom Index, North Korea, Turkmenistan, and Eritrea bask in the questionable acclaim of being ranked as the most blatant violators of freedom of expression and freedom of speech.
      Denmark, which belonged among the leaders in 2005, is now ranked 19th, owing to journalists having received death-threats because of the Muhammad caricatures. The United States was ranked only 53rd (in 2002 it was still in the top 20 countries) and France could place no higher than 35th, although it, too, was in or around the top 10 just four years ago.


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