Freedom House's annual survey of freedom of the press around the world found that for the first time in eight years, global media freedom showed no overall decline. The report came out just before Thursday's observance of the U.N.-declared World Press Freedom Day.
They have ranked Sri Lanka 161 'not free' out of 197 countries.
India 80 'partly free', Pakistan 144 'not free', Maldives 107 'partly free'.
Top on the list are Finland, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, Andorra, Iceland & Liechtenstein.
