Paris (DIPLOMAT.SO)- Eritrea maintained its position in what it called Reporters Without Borders (trio-infernal) usual, which consists of Turkmenistan, North Korea and Eritrea, where freedom of the press simply non-existent.
The 2014 World Press Freedom Index spotlights the negative impact of conflicts on freedom of information and its protagonists.
The ranking of some countries has also been affected by a tendency to interpret national security needs in an overly broad and abusive manner to the detriment of the right to inform and be informed. This trend constitutes a growing threat worldwide and is even endangering freedom of information in countries regarded as democracies.
Finland tops the index for the fourth year running, closely followed by Netherlands and Norway, like last year.
At the other end of the index, the last three positions are again held by Turkmenistan, North Korea and Eritrea, three countries where freedom of information is non-existent. Despite occasional turbulence in the past year, these countries continue to be news and information black holes and living hells for the journalists who inhabit them.
This year’s index covers 180 countries, one more than last year. The new entry, Belize, has been assigned an enviable position (29th). Cases of violence against journalists are rare in Belize but there were some problems: defamation suits involving demands for large amounts in damages, national security restrictions on implementation of the Freedom of Information Act and sometimes unfair management of broadcast frequencies.
About 500 migrants are feared dead after their ship was rammed by another boat near Malta last week, a migration body said.
Two Palestinian survivors told the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) that the boat had been intentionally sunk by traffickers.
They said the boat had left Damietta in Egypt in early September.
The IOM says that more than 2,500 people are now believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean this year.
News of the sinking near Malta emerged as another vessel carrying 250 people sank off the coast of Libya.
Over 200 people are feared to have drowned in that incident.
’Violent confrontation’
IOM spokeswoman Christiane Berthiaume said that the two survivors from the Malta sinking were rescued on Thursday, the day after their boat sank.
They said traffickers rammed the boat after a ”violent confrontation” on board. The IOM said there were nine known survivors in total.
The boat had been carrying Syrians, Palestinians, Egyptians and Sudanese, the survivors said.
Major migrant boat tragedies
The passengers, who included women and children, were reportedly told to move to a smaller, less safe boat. When they refused, the traffickers sank the larger vessel, the eyewitnesses said.
The Maltese authorities have not yet commented on the incident.
The UN says more than 130,000 migrants have arrived in Europe by sea this year, compared with 80,000 last year. Italy has received more than 118,000 migrants, the UN said.
Many attempt to cross from North Africa and the Middle East in unsafe and overcrowded vessels.
The UN’s Andrej Mahecic told the BBC that more than half of those arriving by boat were refugees from Syria and Eritrea.
By: BBC
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14 መስከረም 2014
Sana (DIPLOMAT.SO)- According to the reports from some Eritrea and Yemen websites , that 15 soldiers of Eritrean army arrived on board a fishing boat to port in Yemen, fleeing from military service.
the Sources added , that the soldiers arrived this week safely to the fishing port of Salif Directorate, west of Hodeidah city without objection from the Eritrean Coast Guard.
Yemeni fishermen refused to reveal their names said that among Eritrean soldiers who arrived at the port in Yemen, a senior officer in the army.
Yemeni fishermen noted that Eritrean soldiers were dressed in civilian clothes and handed over their weapons and ammunition, which they hide in a wooden box to the Yemeni security authorities.
It is worth mentioning , that the soldiers who arrived to Hodeidah is the second of its kind, after fled 12 soldiers last August from the army and entered to the port of Salif ,demanding political asylum to live in peace and tranquility.
By: Diplomat