The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has compiled a list of the 10 worst countries to be a blogger, with Burma judged as world's worst country for blogging.

Bloggers inside Burma proved invaluable in passing out information during the September 2007 uprisings, leading to the ruling military junta blocking the Internet completely for a period, reports The Guardian

1.    Burma has been judged the worst country in the world for online restrictions in a report looking at the repression faced by bloggers

2.     Iran, a country where a young blogger died in prison last month, was named as the second-worst country.

3.     Syria, a country where internet cafe owners were ordered to report on customers.

4.     Cuba, where 21 bloggers are in jail.

5.     Saudi Arabia, a country where an estimated 400,00 sites are blocked.

6.     Vietnam, where most comprehensive online controls are in place.

7.     Tunisia, a country where most comprehensive online controls are in place

8.     China, where the most comprehensive online controls are in place.

9.     Turkmenistan, where the nation's first internet cafe was guarded by troops

10.   Egypt a country where more than 100 bloggers were detained last year alone.