By all accounts, it's been a bad month for journalism in the Middle East, with claims of arbitrary arrests, publications forced to close, threats made against TV station executives and bloggers jailed, CNN website reported on Friday. The publication of a new global index on press freedomspaints a very sorry picture of Middle Eastern countries -- and all-in-all it appears to have been a bad year.
"Actually, to be honest, this isn't a drastic change from previous years," says Soazig Dollet head of the Middle East and North Africa desk at campaign group Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), which produces the index.
"Actually, to be honest, this isn't a drastic change from previous years," says Soazig Dollet head of the Middle East and North Africa desk at campaign group Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), which produces the index.
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