This annual survey shows that intimidation is the tool of choice by governments and groups that seek to control information. Scaring journalists works, and it's the local correspondents who bear the brunt of the threat.

Freedom House's annual survey of global rights and liberties finds that 2010 was the 5th consecutive year in which global freedom suffered a decline, and highlights the truculence of the world's most authoritarian regimes.

HRW's 21st annual report surveys human rights conditions in over 90 countries. The authors claim that, with increasing frequency, governments that might exert pressure for human rights improvement are accepting the rationalizations and subterfuges of repressive governments, favoring private “dialogue” and “cooperation” over more hard-nosed approaches.

HRW calls Hungary's newly enacted media law 'problematic' in a recent statement and warns that the country is moving in the wrong direction with regard to EU principles and values.

In its annual census of imprisoned journalists, CPJ named Iran and China the 'world's worst jailers of the press,' each responsible for the imprisonment of 34 journalists in a year that was the worst on record since 1996. Uzbekistan is also cited for jailing journalists. CPJ identified 145 reporters, editors, and photojournalists behind bars on December 1, 2010.