Which Countries Have The Worst Censorship?
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In 1780, John Adams wrote, “The liberty of the press is essential to the security of freedom”. Countries with the worst human rights abuses tend to pass laws prohibiting the publication and consumption of dissenting opinions. Freedom of the press is so important, it is written into the US’s First Amendment, but not all countries share this view. So, what are the countries with the worst censorship policies? In recent years, media watchdog groups have repeatedly pointed to the African country of Eritrea as having the most aggressively restrictive press censorship. Eritrea has used a sort of state of emergency concerning their border dispute with Ethiopia in order to force independent media outlets to close, and arrest journalists. This is unsurprising in light of the fact that Eritrea has one of the worst ...
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In 1780, John Adams wrote, “The liberty of the press is essential to the security of freedom”. Countries with the worst human rights abuses tend to pass laws prohibiting the publication and consumption of dissenting opinions. Freedom of the press is so important, it is written into the US’s First Amendment, but not all countries share this view. So, what are the countries with the worst censorship policies? In recent years, media watchdog groups have repeatedly pointed to the African country of Eritrea as having the most aggressively restrictive press censorship. Eritrea has used a sort of state of emergency concerning their border dispute with Ethiopia in order to force independent media outlets to close, and arrest journalists. This is unsurprising in light of the fact that Eritrea has one of the worst ...
