Citizens are the right people to measure press freedom

Editor,Freedom is mostly judged by the beholder, in our case the Rwandan public who are on the ground where journalism is exercised. 78 percent is quite a high number of citizens’ score. How can a stranger be able to give better judgment?

Monday, May 06, 2013

Editor,Freedom is mostly judged by the beholder, in our case the Rwandan public who are on the ground where journalism is exercised. 78 percent is quite a high number of citizens’ score. How can a stranger be able to give better judgment?Human rights organisations rely on false data collected from the NGOs. Rwanda has made progress in the freedom of press within a short period.Robert, Arusha,TanzaniaReaction to the story, "Press freedom: Rwanda ranked fourth in Africa”, (The Saturday Times, May 4)