Armenia is ranked 146 in a new press freedom report 2011 issued by Freedom House.
Armenia gained 66 points and joins the line with Egypt. According to the rankings, Armenia is called “not free” country.
Azerbaijan is ranked 171 (not free), while Georgia – 118 (partly free).
A Global Survey of Media Independence, found that a number of key countries - including Egypt, Honduras, Hungary, Mexico, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, and Ukraine - experienced significant declines, producing a global landscape in which only one in six people live in countries with a press that is designated Free.
The report is issued on the eve of world press freedom day marked on May 3.
