Komite bermarkas di New York itu mengemukakan semakin banyak pemerintah beralih dari cara penindasan langsung menjadi lebih tak kentara dalam memberangus pengecam mereka di media, mulai dari pengetatan kendali atas pers seperti di Rusia hingga pelarangan internet di China.
From tightening controls on the press in Russia to Internet restrictions in China, the New York-based watchdog said governments were increasingly shifting from overt repression to more subtle ways to muzzle their critics in the media.