It is safe for me to write this article - and for you to read it. But globally, those rights are under grave threat | Antonio Zappulla

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : This often deters audiences back home from reading their reporting, afraid of attracting increased state surveillance through association.
47% : Once labelled as such, a journalist or newsroom would have to register with the justice ministry, submit regular reports on their activities, finances and interactions, facing fines and prison sentences if they so much as miss a deadline.
44% : On World Press Freedom Day, be aware of the peril involved in seeking the truth Last month, Georgian president Mikheil Kavelashvili approved a new law inflicting criminal charges, including prison sentences and fines, on any organisation or individual who fails to comply with the country's "foreign influence" bill.

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