World Press Freedom Rankings 2016 - Qatar 117th, Russia 148th
The 2016 World Press Freedom Index makes
for sober reading ahead of the next two World Cups. Russia is ranked 148th,
while Qatar takes the coveted 117th. slot. In both countries it requires
almighty amounts of courage for independent journalists or news organisations to
report critically, truthfully and accurately on the activities of the ruling autocrats.
While Russia climbed four places