11 Worst Countries for Journalists in 2015

3. Syria

Score – 22

With how bad the situation is in Syria nowadays, you’d imagine that the situation with the media is pretty dire and you’d be right. While the country doesn’t make it on the list of the top censored countries, it doesn’t do very well in the other categories, namely press freedom and a number of imprisoned or killed journalists.

According to Reporters Without Borders, Syria ranks 177^th on a list of 180 countries, reflecting just how much freedom to write the truth the local media has. Journalists are also being jailed for the things they write and it seems that no matter how well they argument their case it’s still difficult to get them out of prison. Syria is also the deadliest country for journalists in 2015, with some 14 reporters losing their lives on the country’s territories, bringing the total up to nearly 100.

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