Reporters Without Borders: Armenia significantly improved positions
Reporters Without Borders, Paris-based press freedom watchdog, released its assessment of global media freedom.
According to the report Armenia has improved its positions ranking the 77th once 101st. Among South Caucasus states Armenia dominates the ranking table leaving Georgia that fell 4 places and Azerbaijan that fell 10 places back.
“Armenia’s 24-place rise in the index seems spectacular, but in fact it has just gone back to where it was three years ago, before the brutal crackdown after the disputed 2008 elections. The media are nonetheless subject to constant judicial harassment and the size of the damages demanded in lawsuits is intimidating. Self-regulation is a major challenge that still needs to be tackled,” the report reads.