KHAMIS, 26 Januari 2012
Oleh: ZULKIFLI SALLEH
Reporters Without Borders dalam Press Freedom Index 2011/2012 menyatakan tiga buah negara Timur Tengah, iaitu Syria, Bahrain, dan Yaman semakin teruk dari segi penarafan. Dalam memaklumkan indeks kebebasan akhbar tahunan ke-10, Reporters Without Borders menjelaskan bahawa "indeks tahun ini menyaksikan banyak perubahan penarafan, perubahan yang menggambarkan tahun yang kaya dengan perkembangan yang sukar dipercayai, terutamanya di dunia Arab. Banyak media melakukan pengorbanan yang besar untuk liputan mereka tentang aspirasi demokratik atau gerakan penentangan."
Jelas laporan itu lagi, kawalan terhadap berita dan maklumat terus menarik perhatian kerajaan dan menjadi persoalan kelangsungan untuk rejim totalitarian dan yang bersifat menindas. Pada tahun lalu juga ditonjolkan peranan utama yang dimainkan oleh netizens dalam menghasilkan dan menyebarkan berita."
Tindakan keras merupakan dunia tahunan pada tahun 2011. Tidak pernah berlaku kebebasan maklumat berkait rapat dengan demokrasi. Tidak pernah berlaku wartawan, menerusi pemberitaan mereka, menyakitkan hati musuh kebebasan begitu banyak. Tidak pernah berlaku tindakan penafisan dan serangan fizikal terhadap wartawan dilihat begitu banyak.
Menduduki senarai 10 negara teratas dari segi kebebasan akhbar, ialah Finland, Norway, Estonia, Belanda, Austria, Iceland, Luxemburg, Switzerland, Cape Verde, dan Kanada. Daripada 179 buah negara yang dikaji, Malaysia menduduki tangga ke-122, Brunei tangga ke-125, manakala Singapura tangga ke-135, Thailand tangga ke-137, Filipina tangga ke-140, dan Indonesia tangga ke-146. Hanya sebuah negara Asean yang menduduki di bawah 100, iaitu Timor-Leste yang menduduki tangga ke-88.
In order to have a bigger spread in the scores and increase the differentiation between countries, this year’s questionnaire had more answers assigning negative points. That is why countries at the top of the index have negative scores this year. Although the point system has produced a broader distribution of scores than in 2010, each country’s evolution over the years can still be plotted by comparing its position in the index rather than its score. This is what the arrows in the table refer to – a country’s change in position in the index compared with the preceding year.
Rank | Country | Score |
1 | Finland | -10,00 | |
- | Norway | -10,00 | |
3 | Estonia | -9,00 | |
- | Netherlands | -9,00 | |
5 | Austria | -8,00 | |
6 | Iceland | -7,00 | |
- | Luxembourg | -7,00 | |
8 | Switzerland | -6,20 | |
9 | Cape Verde | -6,00 | |
10 | Canada | -5,67 | |
- | Denmark | -5,67 | |
12 | Sweden | -5,50 | |
13 | New Zealand | -5,33 | |
14 | Czech Republic | -5,00 | |
15 | Ireland | -4,00 | |
16 | Cyprus | -3,00 | |
- | Jamaica | -3,00 | |
- | Germany | -3,00 | |
19 | Costa Rica | -2,25 | |
20 | Belgium | -2,00 | |
- | Namibia | -2,00 | |
22 | Japan | -1,00 | |
- | Surinam | -1,00 | |
24 | Poland | -0,67 | |
25 | Mali | 0,00 | |
- | OECS | 0,00 | |
- | Slovakia | 0,00 | |
28 | United Kingdom | 2,00 | |
29 | Niger | 2,50 | |
30 | Australia | 4,00 | |
- | Lithuania | 4,00 | |
32 | Uruguay | 4,25 | |
33 | Portugal | 5,33 | |
34 | Tanzania | 6,00 | |
35 | Papua New Guinea | 9,00 | |
36 | Slovenia | 9,14 | |
37 | El Salvador | 9,30 | |
38 | France | 9,50 | |
39 | Spain | 9,75 | |
40 | Hungary | 10,00 | |
41 | Ghana | 11,00 | |
42 | South Africa | 12,00 | |
- | Botswana | 12,00 | |
44 | South Korea | 12,67 | |
45 | Comoros | 13,00 | |
- | Taiwan | 13,00 | |
47 | United States of America | 14,00 | |
- | Argentina | 14,00 | |
- | Romania | 14,00 | |
50 | Latvia | 15,00 | |
- | Trinidad and Tobago | 15,00 | |
52 | Haiti | 15,67 | |
53 | Moldova | 16,00 | |
54 | Hong-Kong | 17,00 | |
- | Mauritius | 17,00 | |
- | Samoa | 17,00 | |
57 | United States of America (extra-territorial) | 19,00 | |
58 | Malta | 19,50 | |
- | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19,50 | |
- | Guyana | 19,50 | |
61 | Italy | 19,67 | |
62 | Central African Republic | 20,00 | |
63 | Lesotho | 21,00 | |
- | Sierra Leone | 21,00 | |
- | Tonga | 21,00 | |
66 | Mozambique | 21,50 | |
67 | Mauritania | 22,20 | |
68 | Croatia | 23,33 | |
- | Burkina Faso | 23,33 | |
70 | Bhutan | 24,00 | |
- | Greece | 24,00 | |
72 | Nicaragua | 24,33 | |
73 | Maldives | 25,00 | |
- | Seychelles | 25,00 | |
75 | Guinea-Bissau | 26,00 | |
- | Senegal | 26,00 | |
77 | Armenia | 27,00 | |
78 | Kuwait | 28,00 | |
79 | Togo | 28,50 | |
80 | Serbia | 29,00 | |
- | Bulgaria | 29,00 | |
- | Chile | 29,00 | |
- | Paraguay | 29,00 | |
84 | Kenya | 29,50 | |
- | Madagascar | 29,50 | |
86 | Guinea | 30,00 | |
- | Kosovo | 30,00 | |
- | Timor-Leste | 30,00 | |
- | Zambia | 30,00 | |
90 | Congo | 30,38 | |
91 | Benin | 31,00 | |
92 | Israel (Israeli territory) | 31,25 | |
93 | Lebanon | 31,50 | |
94 | Macedonia | 31,67 | |
95 | Dominican Republic | 33,25 | |
96 | Albania | 34,44 | |
97 | Cameroon | 35,00 | |
- | Guatemala | 35,00 | |
99 | Brazil | 35,33 | |
100 | Mongolia | 35,75 | |
101 | Gabon | 36,50 | |
102 | Cyprus (North) | 37,00 | |
103 | Chad | 37,67 | |
104 | Ecuador | 38,00 | |
- | Georgia | 38,00 | |
106 | Nepal | 38,75 | |
107 | Montenegro | 39,00 | |
108 | Bolivia | 40,00 | |
- | Kyrgyzstan | 40,00 | |
110 | Liberia | 40,50 | |
111 | South Sudan | 41,25 | nc |
112 | United Arab Emirates | 45,00 | |
113 | Panama | 45,67 | |
114 | Qatar | 46,00 | |
115 | Peru | 51,25 | |
116 | Ukraine | 54,00 | |
117 | Cambodia | 55,00 | |
- | Fiji | 55,00 | |
- | Oman | 55,00 | |
- | Venezuela | 55,00 | |
- | Zimbabwe | 55,00 | |
122 | Algeria | 56,00 | |
- | Tajikistan | 56,00 | |
- | Malaysia | 56,00 | |
125 | Brunei | 56,20 | |
126 | Nigeria | 56,40 | |
127 | Ethiopia | 56,60 | |
128 | Jordan | 56,80 | |
129 | Bangladesh | 57,00 | |
130 | Burundi | 57,75 | |
131 | India | 58,00 | |
132 | Angola | 58,43 | |
133 | Israel (extra-territorial) | 59,00 | |
134 | Tunisia | 60,25 | |
135 | Singapore | 61,00 | |
- | Honduras | 61,00 | |
137 | Thailand | 61,50 | |
138 | Morocco | 63,29 | |
139 | Uganda | 64,00 | |
140 | Philippines | 64,50 | |
141 | Gambia | 65,50 | |
142 | Russia | 66,00 | |
143 | Colombia | 66,50 | |
144 | Swaziland | 67,00 | |
145 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 67,67 | |
146 | Indonesia | 68,00 | |
- | Malawi | 68,00 | |
148 | Turkey | 70,00 | |
149 | Mexico | 72,67 | |
150 | Afghanistan | 74,00 | |
151 | Pakistan | 75,00 | |
152 | Iraq | 75,36 | |
153 | Palestinian Territories | 76,00 | |
154 | Kazakhstan | 77,50 | |
- | Libya | 77,50 | |
156 | Rwanda | 81,00 | |
157 | Uzbekistan | 83,00 | |
158 | Saudi Arabia | 83,25 | |
159 | Côte d’Ivoire | 83,50 | |
- | Djibouti | 83,50 | |
161 | Equatorial Guinea | 86,00 | |
162 | Azerbaijan | 87,25 | |
163 | Sri Lanka | 87,50 | |
164 | Somalia | 88,33 | |
165 | Laos | 89,00 | |
166 | Egypt | 97,50 | |
167 | Cuba | 98,83 | |
168 | Belarus | 99,00 | |
169 | Burma | 100,00 | |
170 | Sudan | 100,75 | |
171 | Yemen | 101,00 | |
172 | Vietnam | 114,00 | |
173 | Bahrain | 125,00 | |
174 | China | 136,00 | |
175 | Iran | 136,60 | |
176 | Syria | 138,00 | |
177 | Turkmenistan | 140,67 | |
178 | North Korea | 141,00 | |
179 | Eritrea | 142,00 | |