• Schneizel7@alien.topB
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      Oh that’s the state of western civilization become. Source of freedom of thoughts and speech. (If you agree with them, you know)

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          It’s pedantic but there are a fair few stable and free democracies around the world as 'free as France. Namibia, South Korea, Japan, East Timor, etc.

          Just wanted to point out while definitely far more common in the West, its not the only place you can find democracy and press freedom

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            The most worrying collapse for India is in the Security indicator category, where India’s rank is 172. This means, only eight countries rank worse than India out of 180 on this parameter. So India is worse than all in terms of ensuring security of journalists in the world, other than China, Mexico, Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Ukraine and Myanmar, in that order. Myanmar is at the bottom.

            The security indicator “evaluates the ability to identify, gather and disseminate news and information in accordance with journalistic methods and ethics, without unnecessary risk of bodily harm, psychological or emotional distress, or professional harm resulting from, for example, loss of one’s job, confiscation of professional equipment, or ransacking of media installations.”

            Neat

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          Other countries don’t pretend to be bastions of freedom as if the rest of the world are primitive savages.