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Samoa down in RSF media freedom world ranking due to ‘authoritarian pressure’

Summary by asiapacificreport.nz
Talamua Online News Samoa has dropped in its media and information freedom world ranking from 22 in 2024 to 44 in 2025 in the latest World Press Freedom Index compiled annually by the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF). For the Pacific region, New Zealand is ranked highest at 16, Australia at 29, Fiji at 40, Samoa ranked 44 and Tonga at 46. And for some comfort, the United States is ranked 57 in media freedom. READ MORE: Indonesian pos…
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asiapacificreport.nz broke the news in on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
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