THE DECLINE OF PRESS FREEDOM
Press freedom in Thailand has reached an all time low according to the 2010 Press Freedom Index published yesterday by the respected Reporters Without Borders organisation.
The Kingdom is now ranked 153rd of the 178 survey countries - below the likes of Afghanistan, Singapore, Venezuela, Zimbabwe and Iraq.
In just six years Thailand has dropped close to 100 places in this annual ranking report. The authors noted: "Political violence has produced some very troubling tumbles in the rankings. Thailand (153rd) – where two journalists were killed and some fifteen wounded while covering the army crackdown on the “red shirts” movement in Bangkok – lost 23 places."
The decline in figures
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