The country is described as both a police state and an Enemy of the Internet and an oppressor of mainstream media as the World Press Freedom Index gave it a score of -10 in 2010, where it fell from 154th place to 164th worldwide.
Nchi hiyo inafafanuliwa kuwa taifa la polisi na adui wa mtandao wa intaneti na mkandamizaji wa vyombo vikuu vya habari kama vile World Press Freedom Index ilivyoipa rekodi ya-10 mwaka 2010, ambapo ilianguka kutoka nafasi ya 154 hadi 164 ulimwenguni pote.