Political authorities who should be the guarantors of press freedom are instead threatening journalists with detention, suppressing independent media outlets and spreading misinformation, a new global study finds.
Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index, released on Friday to coincide with the U.N.'s World Press Freedom Day, ranks 180 countries based on journalists' ability to report freely and independently.
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