Pak has more press freedom than India
The Free Press Journal|May 06, 2024
Pakistan has a much better ranking above India in the World Press Freedom Index, although India has moved up two notches since last year to rank 159 in the 2024 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). It had ranked 161 in 2023, just 19 ranks below the lowest, 180.

According to the RSF even the movement up by two notches is illusory. The RSF's analysis mentioned that India's media has fallen into an "unofficial state of emergency" since PM Modi came to power in 2014 and "engineered a spectacular rapprochement between his party, the BJP, and the big families dominating the media".

Pakistan ranked seven spots above India at 152. It had ranked 150 in 2023. Norway topped the ranking, while Denmark was on the second rank in World Press Freedom Index. Sweden ranked third on the list.

"With violence against journalists, highly concentrated media ownership, and political alignment, press freedom is in crisis in "the world's largest democracy", ruled since 2014 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and embodiment of the Hindu nationalist right," RSF stated.

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