(CNN) -- Over the past two years the United Kingdom's press freedom ranking has declined. In the 2011/2012 Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) index, the UK ranked 28th out of 179 countries, and in the 2013 index the country went down a point ranking at 29 out of 179 countries. The UK prides itself on being a country with a long heritage of upholding the rights of individuals accompanied by a free and strong press. The UK government is a P5 member of the U.N. Security Council, a leading country in the G8, European Union, and the Commonwealth, and uses its influence to advocate for human rights to be respected globally.
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David Miranda, partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald, was detained at Heathrow
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Greenwald broke news of secret NSA surveillance programs in the Guardian
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UK prides itself on upholding rights of individuals and free press, writes Blake
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If you silence the media, you silence informed citizenry, she says
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The UK is now faced with yet another situation that has shocked the international community and shaken the country's press freedom identity for a second time -- the detention of @placeholder (assisting his partner, Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald).