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
Africa
Albania
Algeria
Americas
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Asia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Benin
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Caribbean
Central America
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia (until December 1992)
Denmark
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Eastern Africa
Eastern Europe
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Europe
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Faroe Islands [Denmark]
Finland
France
Gambia
German Democratic Republic (from 1949 until October 1991)
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Greenland [Denmark]
Guatemala
Guinea
Haiti
Holy See
Honduras
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mexico
Middle Africa
Moldova, Republic of
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Northern Africa
Northern America
Northern Ireland [United Kingdom]
Norway
Oceania
Pakistan
Palestinian Territory, Occupied
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
South America
Southern Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Tibet [China]
Togo
Tonga
Tunisia
Turkey
USSR (until December 1991)
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Western Africa
Western Asia
Yemen
Yemen, Democratic (until 1990)
Yugoslavia
Zaire (from 1971 until 1997)
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Language
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Afrikaans
Albanian
Arabic
Armenian
Belarusian
Bengali
Bulgarian
Catalan
Chinese
Creoles and pidgins (Other)
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Estonian
Finnish
French
German
Greek, modern (1453-)
Hebrew
Hungarian
Indonesian
Iranian (Other)
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latin
Lithuanian
Mongolian
Nepali
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Slovak
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Subject
Type of censorship
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Banned
Censorship
Freedom of expression
Freedom of information
Freedom of press
Freedom of the press
Prohibited books
Published (year)