Report: Media freedom shrinks in Rwanda, Syria
Report: Media freedom shrinks in Rwanda, Syria UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Rwanda and Syria joined a list of the 10 most repressive countries toward journalists alongside North Korea, Myanmar, China and Iran, according to a global media watchdog which warned Tuesday that the crackdown on reporters in authoritarian countries is worsening. Reporters Without Borders said press freedom in the 10 countries -- including Yemen, Sudan, Turkmenistan and Eritrea -- continues to deteriorate. "It is getting harder to say which is worse than the other," the group said, with all 10 persecuting the media and blocking news and information to their citizens. The Paris-based organization said Cuba was not in the bottom 10 for the first time since the index was created in 2002, due mainly to the release of 14 journalists and 22 activists over the summer. But it said the political dissidents and journalists still have to deal with censorship and repression by the Communist government on a dai...