Although Canada ranks 18th out of 180 countries for the second year in a row, Reporters Without Borders has concerns about the state of press freedom here
Emmanuel Colombie, Latin America Director of French media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, speaks during a news conference on the 2019 World Press Freedom Index, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 18, 2019.Canadian journalists continue to be challenged by the institutions they report on and are not immune to attempts from government officials to deny them access to events of public interest, according to a new report by a press advocacy group.
The report pointed to the Supreme Court’s ruling against VICE reporter Ben Makuch last November that compelled him to give the RCMP all of his communications with an alleged Canadian terrorist who fought for the Islamic State. Venezuela, Brazil, United States and Mexico also were rated poorly. The latter is one of the world’s deadliest countries for the media, with at least 10 journalists slain in 2018.The press group found a record number of arbitrary arrests and cases of violence by the authorities in Venezuela, and many journalists left that country to avoid retribution.
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