Free Press Index 1

Index of restrictions on media content 1) laws and regulations (0-15 points), 2) political pressures and controls (0-15 points), 3) repressive actions (e.g. killing journalists, censorship) (0-5 points).
More points mean less freedom

Rated: 1 (free)  to 3 (unfree)

Freedom House:
Press Freedom Survey 1999

Index of influences on media content 1) laws and regulations (0-15 points), 2) political pressures and controls (0-15 points), 3) repressive actions (e.g. killing journalists, censorship) (0-5 points).
More points mean less freedom

Rated: 0 (free) to 100 (unfree)

Index of repression based on responses to questionnaire by journalists in the country.
Questions concern 1) physical attacks, imprisonment and direct threats, 2) indirect threats, 3) legal sitiation and unjustified prosecution, 4) censorship and self censorship, 5) state monopoly on public media, 6) economic and administrative pressures, 7) state control of internet and new media

Average of yearly ratings
Higher scores denote less freedom

Related topics:
Democracy
Freedom