Ahmad 
An international report included Libya in the list of countries with the “most stifling” of freedom of expression in the world, which includes restricting the work of not only journalists or activists, but all people.
Libya came in the red box after receiving a score of 33, meaning “very restrictive” to freedom of expression, while it ranked 110th globally among the 161 countries included in the classification, according to the report issued by the “Article 19” group on freedoms.
The report monitored the state of freedom of expression in 161 countries using 25 indicators, and then set an average score for each country ranging from zero to 100, knowing that the higher the scores, the better it is in terms of freedom of expression.
The report measured the right to freedom of expression, communication and participation of all people, not just journalists or activists, and includes aspects such as online publishing, freedom of protest, investigation and access to information, to hold responsible leaders accountable.
Countries were placed in the following categories: open, less restrictive, restricted, highly restrictive and crisis status.
Libya outperformed several countries in the region, such as Yemen (ten degrees), Oman (nine degrees), Iran (four degrees), Syria (two degrees), and Tunisia (53 degrees) was classified as “restricted”, as was the case with Lebanon (45 degrees).
More than half of the world’s population does not enjoy adequate freedom of expression, the largest proportion in this century.
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