Reporters Without Borders announces prizes for online repression (Press Release)

March 26, 2004

The France-based NGO, Reporters Without Borders, has issued an “awards list” for those countries practicing “online repression.” China wins its grand prize, though notably a number of Western nations, including the United States, Canada and France are listed as being on “probation.”

Regarding China, Reporters Without Borders, notes: “Golden Palm¬†: China An easy choice this year for its 60 cyber-dissidents in prison, hundreds of thousands of websites censored and strict censorship of e-mail. The Best Actor award was won by Chinese President Hu Jintao for his regular statements about the country’s progress in human rights.”

See the full press release here.