In 1998 alone, organisations reported violations of freedom of expression in almost 120 countries; 118 journalists were imprisoned in 25 countries and 24 journalists were murdered.
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Author
Corporate author
Title
Country
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Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Europe
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
German Democratic Republic (from 1949 until October 1991)
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Holy See
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malawi
Malaysia
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Morocco
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Palestinian Territory, Occupied
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
USSR (until December 1991)
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Wallis and Futuna Islands [France]
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zaire (from 1971 until 1997)
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Language
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Afrikaans
Albanian
Altaic (Other)
Amharic
Arabic
Armenian
Azerbaijani
Basque
Belarusian
Bengali
Bulgarian
Burmese
Chinese
Creoles and pidgins (Other)
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Fijian
Finnish
French
Georgian
German
Greek, modern (1453-)
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Iranian (Other)
Italian
Japanese
Kazakh
Khmer
Kinyarwanda
Kirghiz
Korean
Latin
Latvian
Lithuanian
Malay
Nepali
Norwegian
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Pushto
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish
Tamil
Thai
Tonga (Tonga Islands)
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu
Vietnamese
Censored (year)
Type of censorship
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Annual publishing permit withheld
Banned
Blocked
Censored
Censured
Closed
Closed by hacking
Closed, interrupted
Closed/suspended
Computers seized
Confiscated
Confiscated (circulation obstructed)
Destroyed
Illegal
Prevented online circulation
Removed from shelves
Restricted
Sabotaged
Seized
Seized, closed
Seizure
Spying
Suspended
closed
connections cut
Published (year)
Reason for censorship
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Criminal
Moral
Other
Political
Political, moral
Political?
Religious
Sexual