Kazakhstan ranked 168 in freedom of press rating

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19:14 29.04.2010
text: "Kazakhstan Today"
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Almaty. April 29. Kazakhstan Today - According to the Freedom of Press 2009 report prepared by the American non-governmental organisation Freedom House, Kazakhstan ranked 168 - 171 along with Azerbaijan, Sudan and Tajikistan, out of 195 countries, the agency reports citing the report.

Kazakhstan is still recognized as the country not free for the press.

Russia shares the rating 176 and 177 with Gambia. In 2008, Russia ranked 175.

Ukraine, Armenia and Moldova, among the CIS countries, have had small improvements in comparison with the previous year.

Ten "worst of the worst" countries where freedom of mass media does not exist at all are Belarus, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Burma, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, Libya and the North Korea.

The best indicators of freedom of the press are in the North European countries. Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark ranked first five on the Freedom House list.