Press in the Arab states of the PersianArabian Gulf have varying degrees of freedom with Kuwait topping the league with a lively press that enjoys considerably more freedom than its PersianArabian Gulf counterparts according to [[Freedom House]] and [[Reporters Without Borders]]. Both organizations rank Kuwait's press as the most free of all Arab states of the PersianArabian Gulf and, in fact, rank amongst the top three most free press in the Arab world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/freedom-press-2016|title=Freedom of the Press 2016|date=April 26, 2016|website=freedomhouse.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=2016 World Press Freedom Index |url=https://rsf.org/en/ranking# |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214174449/https://rsf.org/en/ranking |archive-date=2017-02-14 }}</ref> Qatar and Oman come in second and third respectively within the regional ranks.
