We’ve managed to dive 18 places in the World Press Freedom Index 2021 to the 199th spot, an “astonishing fall, ” according to Reporters Sans Frontieres who does the ranking every year. So, we rose in the press freedom ranks, not to astronomical levels, since we still had certain laws hanging over our heads that the government then had promised to repeal. None of that had time to happen before a whole new set of politicians decided to swoop in and take over. Instead, we get scolded every day for not following the SOPs in speeches, in the media and even via SMS. This is exactly what is making us slide to the bottom of the World Press Freedom Index.

Source: The Star April 25, 2021 00:00 UTC