The New York-based Freedom House watchdog group has accussed press freedom around the world of deteriorating for a second year running in 2003. The organization's report is based on print, broadcast, and Internet freedom around the world and assigns each country to one of three categories: Free, Partly Free, or Not Free. Ten countries, which include, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Gabon, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Italy, Moldova, Morocco, and the Philippines -- declined in their category. "Fewer and fewer people throughout the world have uncensored and unfettered access to information about their own countries," Freedom House Executive Director Jennifer Windsor said in a statement. Its a good idea to have a look at the Freedom House website, which offers in-depth results for the countries which have changed in their category and charts on the global trends that have occurred.

Source: Freedom House press release and Freedom House website