Journalists' protection from harassment depends on regime type

Yearly averages by government regime type shown (2012-2023)

Note: Vertical axis ticks change for each regime type. Values range from 0 ("No journalists dare to engage in journalistic activities that would offend powerful actors because harassment or worse would be certain to occur") to 4 ("Journalists are never harassed by governmental or powerful nongovernmental actors while engaged in legitimate journalistic activities").
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