Annual survey says `` negative trends '' outweighed `` positive movements '' in 2008 . Report singles out former Soviet Union , Middle East , North Africa . Venezuela and Cuba were ranked as not free , and there were `` high levels of intimidation and self-censorship '' in Colombia and Guatemala . Score: 6 Worst-rated countries : Myanmar , Cuba , Eritrea , Libya , North Korea , Turkmenistan .
Annual survey says `` negative trends '' outweighed `` positive movements '' in 2008 . Report singles out former Soviet Union , Middle East , North Africa . Score: 6 Worst-rated countries : Myanmar , Cuba , Eritrea , Libya , North Korea , Turkmenistan .