The Chinese website of Reporters Without Borders was blocked in Beijing in May 2007. (Image source: Getty Images)
[Watch China News on May 3, 2024](Watch comprehensive report by Chinese reporter Li Muzi) May 3rd is “world press freedom day“,Reporters Without Borders(RSF) announced the “2024world newsfreeindex”, in 180 countries around the worldnationand regional rankings,ChinaRanked 172nd, ninth from the bottom, it still ranks first in the world in terms of the number of journalists imprisoned.
According to Radio Free Asia, May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released the 2024 World Press Freedom Index. China ranked 172nd among 180 countries and regions, and Hong Kong ranked 172nd. 135th, Taiwan ranked 27th. Other countries ranked, the United States ranked 55th, South Korea 62nd, Japan 70th, Singapore 126th, Philippines 134th, India 159th, Russia 162nd, Vietnam 174th, and North Korea 177th.
Hong Kong’s ranking rose slightly from 140th last year to 135th by 5 places, but its score fell 1.8 points from 44.86 last year. Reporters Without Borders said that the ratings of some regions fell compared with the previous year, but the rankings increased. This was due to the decline in the rankings of regions that had been ranked high in the past. For example, Hong Kong’s national security law continued to suppress journalists, leading to a decline in ratings.
China’s ranking this year has slightly moved forward due to the deterioration of press freedom in other countries, from last year’s second-to-last ranking of 179th to 172nd. According to Reporters Without Borders, China is the world’s largest prison for journalists and its regime has launched a worldwide campaign to suppress journalism and information rights.
According to Voice of America, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released the 2024 World Press Freedom Index on World Press Freedom Day on May 3. China still ranks first in the world in terms of the number of journalists imprisoned. . The Paris-based press freedom advocacy group said the Chinese government continues to exercise strict control and censorship of information.
The report states that the Chinese government has not only detained more journalists than any other country in the world, but also continues to impose tight controls on information channels, implementing content censorship and surveillance policies to manage online content, and restricting content deemed sensitive or contrary to China’s The dissemination of communist line information.
China’s ranking increased slightly this year, but Aleksandra Bielakowsk, advocacy specialist for Reporters Without Borders, told VOA that the only reason for the change was a decline in freedom in other countries.
Bai Oran said, “China has not improved at all. China is still the country with the largest number of journalists in the world, with 119 journalists currently imprisoned, including 10 Hong Kong journalists.” She quoted dissident human rights activists and independent activists in Nanjing in November 2023. Journalist Sun Lin was allegedly beaten to death by police, and anti-corruption reporter Shangguan Yunkai was sentenced to 15 years in prison in January 2024.
“So we’re seeing that security is actually declining, and there’s no improvement in the way the Chinese regime treats journalists,” Bai said. “Month after month, we’re actually seeing that the situation is probably worse than it was before, even before reporting was allowed. Even for foreign journalists who still have some freedom to visit China and try to touch on certain topics, it’s starting to become very difficult.”
Reporters Without Borders releases 2024 world press freedom rankings
China ranks 172nd in the world (a total of 180 countries participated in the statistics)
Ranking lower than China are Bahrain, Vietnam, Turkmenistan, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, Syria, and Eritrea. pic.twitter.com/NpQunj1Ggy— Toronto Square Face (@torontobigface) May 3, 2024
In response to this, overseas X netizens commented, “Okay! The last bunch of countries are all good friends and good brothers of China!” “This is the freedom that the CCP talks about every day.” “It seems that communist countries are all the same Birdlike.” “Corruption should be ranked first!” “Shouldn’t China be ranked first?” “If the CCP allows the press to be free in China, the CCP itself will no longer have freedom in China. The Chinese people overturned it.”
According to Wikipedia information, Reporters Without Borders (RSF in French) is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to protecting journalists from persecution and promoting press freedom. It was founded in Montpellier, France in 1985, and is headquartered in Paris and has offices in Asia. It has 14 offices in , Europe, the United States and Africa. Reporters Without Borders is a member of the International Exchange for Freedom of Expression (IFEX), a network of more than 60 non-governmental organizations around the world.
Newspapers and publications published by Reporters Without Borders state that “Reporters Without Borders defends the rights of imprisoned journalists around the world and freedom of the press, the right to provide and receive information as described in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”
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