Reporters Without Borders#Netizen Prize

{{short description|International organisation for freedom of the press}}

{{Infobox organization

| name = Reporters Without Borders

| native_name = Reporters Sans Frontières

| native_name_lang = fr

| image = RSF 2020 logo min.svg

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| size = 200px

| caption = Logo since 2020

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| formation = 1985

| founder = Robert Ménard, {{ill|Rémy Loury|qid=Q98949794}}, {{ill|Jacques Molénat|qid=Q63611094}} and {{ill|Émilien Jubineau|qid=Q66121100}}

| extinction =

| type = Nonprofit organisation, non-governmental organisation with consultative status at the United Nations

| headquarters = Paris, France

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| leader_title = Director General

| leader_name = {{ill|Thibaut Bruttin|qid=Q122872391}}
(since November 2024)

| key_people = Thibaut Bruttin, Secretary General
Pierre Haski, President RSF France
Mickael Rediske, President RSF Germany
{{ill|Christian Mihr|qid=Q113773605}}, CEO RSF Germany
{{Interlanguage link|Rubina Möhring|de|Rubina Möhring}}, President RSF Austria
{{Interlanguage link|Alfonso Armada (writer)|es|Alfonso Armada (escritor)}}, President RSF Spain
Gérard Tschopp, President RSF Switzerland
{{Interlanguage link|Erik Halkjær|sv|Erik Halkjær}}, President, RSF Sweden
{{Interlanguage link|Jarmo Mäkelä|fi|Jarmo Mäkelä (toimittaja)}}, President, RSF Finland

| num_staff = Approximately 100

| budget = €6 million (RSF France)

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Reporters Without Borders (RWB; {{langx|fr|Reporters sans frontières}}; RSF) is an international non-profit and non-governmental organization headquartered in Paris, which focuses on safeguarding the right to freedom of information. It describes its advocacy as founded on the belief that everyone requires access to the news and information, in line with Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that recognises the right to receive and share information regardless of frontiers, along with other international rights charters.RSF Annual Report 2018, p5 RSF has consultative status at the United Nations, UNESCO, the Council of Europe, and the International Organisation of the Francophonie.{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/presentation|title=Presentation, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), for freedom of information|date=22 January 2016|website=RSF|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=21 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421110308/https://rsf.org/en/presentation|url-status=live}}

Activities

RSF works on the ground in defence of individual journalists at risk and at the highest levels of government and international forums to defend the right to freedom of expression and information. It provides daily briefings and press releases on threats to media freedom in French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Persian and Chinese and publishes an annual press freedom round up, the World Press Freedom Index, that measures the state of media freedom in 180 countries. The organisation provides assistance to journalists at risk and training in digital and physical security, as well as campaigning to raise public awareness of abuse against journalists and to secure their safety and liberty. RSF lobbies governments and international bodies to adopt standards and legislation in support of media freedom and takes legal action in defence of journalists under threat.RSF Annual Report 2018, pp14-16 In addition, RSF keeps a yearly count of journalists killed on the job.

To mark World Day Against Cyber Censorship on 12 March 2020, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) unveiled a list of 20 Digital Predators of Press Freedom and announced that it is unblocking access to a total 21 websites in the sixth year of its Operation Collateral Freedom.{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/2020-world-day-against-cyber-censorship-rsf-compiles-digital-predator-list-unblocks-more-censored|title=2020 World Day Against Cyber-Censorship : RSF compiles Digital Predator list, unblocks more censored websites|website=RSF|date=17 February 2016|access-date=31 March 2020|archive-date=27 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927140952/https://rsf.org/en/2020-world-day-against-cyber-censorship-rsf-compiles-digital-predator-list-unblocks-more-censored|url-status=live}}

History

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RSF was founded in Montpellier, France, in 1985 by Robert Ménard, Rémy Loury, Jacques Molénat and Émilien Jubineau. It was registered as a non-profit organisation in 1995.{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/presentation|title=RSF Presentation|date=22 January 2016|website=RSF|access-date=24 February 2020|archive-date=21 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421110308/https://rsf.org/en/presentation|url-status=live}} Ménard was RSF's first secretary general, succeeded by {{Interlanguage link|Jean-François Julliard|fr|Jean-François Julliard (militant)}}. Christophe Deloire was appointed secretary-general in 2012, and remained so until his death in June 2024.{{Cite web |date=21 May 2012 |title=Christophe Deloire, director general of Reporters Without Borders, died on Saturday, 8 June at the age of 53 |url=https://rsf.org/en/christophe-deloire-director-general-reporters-without-borders-died-saturday-8-june-age-53 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608172111/https://rsf.org/en/christophe-deloire-director-general-reporters-without-borders-died-saturday-8-june-age-53 |archive-date=8 June 2024 |access-date=31 December 2024 |website=RSF}} Thibaut Bruttin is the current secretary-general, appointed in November 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-25 |title=Thibaut Bruttin appointed secretary-general by Reporters Without Borders' International Council |url=https://rsf.org/en/thibaut-bruttin-appointed-secretary-general-reporters-without-borders-international-council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126133634/https://rsf.org/en/thibaut-bruttin-appointed-secretary-general-reporters-without-borders-international-council |archive-date=2024-11-26 |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=RSF |language=en}}

Structure

RSF's head office is based in Paris. It has 13 regional and national offices, including Brussels, London, Washington, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Taipei and Dakar, and a network of 146 correspondents.RSF Annual Report 2018, pp51-52 It employs 57 salaried staff in Paris and internationally.RSF Annual Report 2018, p. 10 A board of governors, elected from RSF's members, approves the organisation's policies.{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/administration-board|title=Administration Board|date=26 July 2016|website=RSF|access-date=24 February 2020|archive-date=24 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224180019/https://rsf.org/en/administration-board|url-status=live}} An International Council has oversight of the organisation's activities and approves the accounts and budget.{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/international-council|title=International Council|date=26 July 2016|website=RSF|access-date=24 February 2020|archive-date=24 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224180020/https://rsf.org/en/international-council|url-status=live}}

Advocacy

=World Press Freedom Index=

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2025 Press Freedom Index{{cite web |year=2025 |title=2025 World Press Freedom Index |url=https://rsf.org/en/index |work=Reporters Without Borders}}

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= Information and Democracy Initiative =

In 2018, RSF launched the Information and Democracy Commission to introduce new guarantees for freedom of opinion and expression in the global space of information and communication. In a joint mission statement, the commission's presidents, RSF secretary-general Christophe Deloire and Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi identified a range of factors currently threatening that freedom. This includes: political control of the media, subjugation of news and information to private interests, the growing influence of corporate actors, online mass disinformation and the erosion of quality journalism.{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/sites/default/files/lettre_de_mission_id.pdf|title=Information and Democracy Commission LETTRE DE MISSION|last=Ebadi, Shirin|first=et Christophe Deloire|date=20 July 2018|website=Reporters Without Borders|access-date=18 February 2020|archive-date=18 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218175619/https://rsf.org/sites/default/files/lettre_de_mission_id.pdf|url-status=live}}

This Commission published the International Declaration on Information and Democracy to state principles, define objectives and propose forms of governance for the global online space for information and communication.{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/declaration|title=RSF Declaration|website=RSF|date=22 August 2019|access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=2 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302174221/https://rsf.org/en/declaration|url-status=live}} The Declaration emphasised that corporate entities with a structural function in the global space have duties, especially as regards political and ideological neutrality, pluralism and accountability. It called for recognition of the right to information that is diverse, independent and reliable in order to form opinions freely and participate fully in the democratic debate.

At the Paris Peace Forum in 2018, 12 countries launched a political process aimed at providing democratic guarantees for news and information and freedom of opinion, based on the principles set out in the Declaration.

= Journalism Trust Initiative =

RSF launched the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) in 2018 with its partners the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Agence France-Presse (AFP) and the Global Editors Network (GEN). JTI defines indicators for trustworthy journalism and rewards compliance, bringing tangible benefits for all media outlets and supporting them in creating a healthy space for information. JTI distinguishes itself from similar initiatives by focusing on the process of journalism rather than content alone. Media outlets will be expected to comply with standards that include transparency of ownership, sources of revenue and proof of a range of professional safeguards.{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-and-partners-launch-public-consultation-journalism-trust-initiative|title=RSF and partners launch a public consultation on the Journalism Trust Initiative|date=2 March 2020|website=RSF|access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=15 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115172848/https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-and-partners-launch-public-consultation-journalism-trust-initiative|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-23 |title=Colorado Public Radio First U.S. Media to Obtain Journalism Trust Initiative Certification from Alliance for Audited Media |url=https://www.cpr.org/press-release/colorado-public-radio-first-u-s-media-to-obtain-journalism-trust-initiative-certification-from-alliance-for-audited-media/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Colorado Public Radio |language=en}}

= Actions =

RSF's defence of journalistic freedom includes international missions, the publication of country reports, training of journalists and public protests.

In this function RSF publishes the Munich Charter, an authoritative document which clarifies the "Rights and Obligations" of Journalists. The Charter was developed by the German Journalist Association, published in Munich 1971, and is accepted as authoritative within the profession. It was later adopted by most journalists' unions in Europe.{{Cite web|url=https://training.rsf.org/appendix-iii-declaration-of-rights-and-obligations-of-journalists/|title=Declaraion of Rights and Obligations of Journalists|website=RSF|access-date=1 August 2023}}

Recent global advocacy and practical interventions have included: opening a centre for women journalists in Afghanistan in 2017, a creative protest with street-artist C215 in Strasbourg for Turkish journalists in detention, turning off the Eiffel Tower lights in tribute to murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Kashoggi and providing training to journalists and bloggers in Syria.{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-opens-first-center-protection-afghan-women-journalists|title=RSF opens first center for the protection of Afghan women journalists|website=RSF|date=6 March 2017|access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=9 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709223307/https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-opens-first-center-protection-afghan-women-journalists|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/campaigns/turkeys-imprisoned-journalists-pin-hopes-european-court|title=Turkey's imprisoned journalists pin hopes on European Court|website=RSF|date=29 May 2017|access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=2 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302174256/https://rsf.org/en/campaigns/turkeys-imprisoned-journalists-pin-hopes-european-court|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-blacks-out-eiffel-tower-slain-journalists-month-after-khashoggi-death|title=RSF blacks out Eiffel Tower for slain journalists, a month after Khashoggi death|website=RSF|date=November 2018|access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=2 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302174222/https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-blacks-out-eiffel-tower-slain-journalists-month-after-khashoggi-death|url-status=live}} In July 2018, RSF sent a mission to Saudi Arabia to call for the release of 30 journalists.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/07/media-watchdog-visits-saudi-arabia-free-journalists-190710140441330.html|title=Media watchdog visits Saudi Arabia to free journalists|date=10 July 2019|website=Al Jazeera|access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=2 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302174221/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/07/media-watchdog-visits-saudi-arabia-free-journalists-190710140441330.html|url-status=live}} The organisation publishes a gallery of Predators of Press Freedom, highlighting the most egregious international violators of press freedom.{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/portraits/predator?page=1|title=Predators gallery|website=RSF|access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=2 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102074508/https://rsf.org/en/portraits/predator?page=1|url-status=live}} It also maintains an online Press Freedom Barometer, monitoring the number of journalists, media workers and citizen journalists killed or imprisoned.{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/barometer|title=Barometer|website=RSF|access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=21 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221050126/https://rsf.org/en/barometer|url-status=live}} Its programme Operation Collateral Freedom, launched in 2014, provides alternative access to censored websites by creating mirror sites: 22 sites have been unblocked in 12 countries, including Iran, China, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam.{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/collateralfreedom-rsf-unblocks-22-sites-censored-their-own-country|title=#CollateralFreedom: RSF unblocks 22 sites censored in their own country|website=RSF|date=11 March 2019|access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=27 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927005844/https://rsf.org/en/news/collateralfreedom-rsf-unblocks-22-sites-censored-their-own-country|url-status=live}} RSF offers grants to journalists at risk and supports media workers in need of refuge and protection.File:Can Dündar prix RSF Strasbourg 17 novembre 2015.jpg's former editor-in-chief Can Dündar receiving the 2015 RSF Prize. Shortly thereafter, he was arrested.]]

= Prizes =

RSF's annual Press Freedom Prize, created in 1992, honours courageous and independent journalists who have faced threats or imprisonment for their work and who have challenged the abuse of power. TV5-Monde is a partner in the prize.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}File:Tunisia24.jpgA Netizen Prize was introduced in 2010, in partnership with Google, recognising individuals, including bloggers and cyber-dissidents, who have advanced freedom of information online through investigative reporting or other initiatives.{{cite web |title=Our Prizes RSF |url=https://rsf.org/en/our-prizes#entr0 |date=2024-04-25 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240425082004/https://rsf.org/en/our-prizes%23entr0 |archivedate=2024-04-25}}

In 2018, RSF launched new categories for the Press Freedom Prize: courage, independence and impact.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Every few years, RSF also distributes Press freedom predator anti-awards.{{Cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/7/pakistan-imran-khan-press-freedom-predator|title = Pakistan rejects naming of PM Khan as press freedom 'predator' |work=www.aljazeera.com |date=7 July 2021 |access-date=10 February 2023}}

== Press Freedom Prizewinners, 1992–2020 ==

1992 Zlatko Dizdarevic, Bosnia-Herzegovina
1993 Wang Juntao, China
1994 André Sibomana, Rwanda
1995 Christina Anyanwu, Nigeria
1996 Isik Yurtçu, Turkey
1997 Raúl Rivero, Cuba
1998 Nizar Nayyouf, Syria
1999 San San Nweh, Burma
2000 {{Interlanguage link|Carmen Gurruchaga|es|Carmen Gurruchaga}}, Spain
2001 Reza Alijani, Iran
2002 Grigory Pasko, Russia
2003 Ali Lmrabet, Morocco; The Daily News, Zimbabwe; Michèle Montas, Haiti
2004 Hafnaoui Ghoul, Algeria;{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/hafnaoui-ghoul-freed-provisionally-after-being-held-six-months-libel|title=Hafnaoui Ghoul freed provisionally after being held for six months for libel|date=26 November 2004|website=RSF|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=25 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925113935/https://rsf.org/en/news/hafnaoui-ghoul-freed-provisionally-after-being-held-six-months-libel|url-status=live}} Zeta, Mexico; Liu Xiaobo, China
2005 Zhao Yan, China; Tolo TV, Afghanistan; National Union of Somalian Journalists, Somalia; Massoud Hamid, Syria
2006 Win Tin, Burma; Novaya Gazeta, Russia; Guillermo Fariñas Hernández, Cuba
2007 Seyoum Tsehaye, Eritrea; Democratic Voice of Burma, Burma; Kareem Amer, Egypt; Hu Jia, Zeng Jinyan, China
2008 Ricardo Gonzales Alfonso, Cuba; Radio Free NK, North Korea;{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6376561&t=1567603209346&t=1583420693927|title=N. Korean Defectors Fight Regime with the Radio|date=24 October 2006|website=NPR|access-date=5 March 2020}} Zarganar and Nay Phone Latt, Burma
2009 Amira Hass, Israel; Dosh, Chechnya{{Cite web |date=4 December 2009 |title="Reporters Without Borders" award "Dosh" magazine from Chechnya |website=Caucasian Knot |access-date=5 March 2020 |url=http://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/11902/ |archive-date=3 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103072420/http://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/11902/ |url-status=live}}
2010 {{Interlanguage link|Abdolreza Tajik|fa|عبدالرضا تاجیک}}, Iran;{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/journalist-abdolreza-tajik-2010-press-freedom-prize-winner-freed-prison|title=Journalist Abdolreza Tajik, 2010 press freedom prize winner, is freed from prison|date=23 December 2010|website=RSF|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=25 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925104915/https://rsf.org/en/news/journalist-abdolreza-tajik-2010-press-freedom-prize-winner-freed-prison|url-status=live}} Radio Shabelle, Somalia
2011 Ali Ferzat, Syria; Weekly Eleven News, Burma
2012 Mazen Darwish, Syria; 8Sobh, Afghanistan
2013 {{Interlanguage link|Muhammad Bekjanov|sv|Muhammad Bekjanov}}, Uzbekistan;{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/us-uzbekistan-rsf-welcomes-muhammad-bekjanov-once-worlds-longest-detained-journalist-washington|title=US, Uzbekistan – RSF welcomes Muhammad Bekjanov, once the world's longest-detained journalist, to Washington|date=21 September 2018|website=RSF|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729192302/https://rsf.org/en/news/us-uzbekistan-rsf-welcomes-muhammad-bekjanov-once-worlds-longest-detained-journalist-washington|url-status=live}} Uthayan, Sri Lanka
2014 Sanjuana Martínez, Mexico; FrontPage Africa, Liberia; Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabia
2015 Zeina Erhaim, Syria; Zone9, Ethiopia; Cumhuriyet, Turkey
2016 Hadi Abdullah, Syria; 64Tianwang, China; Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu, China
2017 Tomasz Piątek, Poland; {{Interlanguage link|Medyascope|tr|Medyascope}}, Turkey; Soheil Arabi, Iran
2018 Swati Chaturvedi, India; [https://hrdworldsummit.org/portfolio-item/matthew-caruana-galizia/, Matthew Caruana Galizia], Malta; Inday Espina-Varona; Philippines; Carole Cadwalladr, United Kingdom
2019 Eman al Nafjan, Saudi Arabia; Pham Doan Trang, Vietnam; Caroline Muscat, Malta
2020 Lina Attalah, Egypt; Elena Milashina, Belarus; Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong
2021 Zhang Zhan, China; Pegasus Project of the network Forbidden Stories, France; Majdoleen Hassona, Palestine

== Netizen Prize ==

Publications

In addition to its country, regional and thematic reports, RSF publishes a photography book 100 Photos for Press Freedom three times a year as a tool for advocacy and a fundraiser. It is a significant source of income for the organisation, raising nearly a quarter of its funds in 2018:{{Cite web|url=https://boutique.rsf.org/collections/albums-photos|title=Albums Photo|website=RSF|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=9 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309091711/https://boutique.rsf.org/collections/albums-photos|url-status=live}}

= Selected reports =

2016 Freedom of expression under state of emergency, Turkey (with ARTICLE 19 and others){{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/reports/turkey-you-cannot-report-news-under-state-emergency|title=Turkey: "You cannot report the news under the state of emergency|date=5 October 2016|website=RSF|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=25 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925112324/https://rsf.org/en/reports/turkey-you-cannot-report-news-under-state-emergency|url-status=dead|publisher=Reporters Without Borders}}
2016 When oligarchs go shopping{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/reports/media-when-oligarchs-go-shopping-rsfs-latest-report|title="Media: when oligarchs go shopping" – RSF's latest report|date=20 July 2016|website=RSF|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=23 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223080013/https://rsf.org/en/reports/media-when-oligarchs-go-shopping-rsfs-latest-report|url-status=live}}
2017 Who owns the media?{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/who-owns-media-france|title=Who owns the media in France?|date=8 December 2017|website=RSF|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=13 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813205915/https://rsf.org/en/news/who-owns-media-france|url-status=live}}
2017 Media Ownership Monitor, Ukraine (with Ukrainian Institute of Mass Information){{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/reports/media-ownership-ukraine-informal-influence-through-murky-business-schemes|title=Media Ownership in Ukraine: informal influence through murky business schemes|date=9 October 2017|website=RSF|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=21 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921135253/https://rsf.org/en/reports/media-ownership-ukraine-informal-influence-through-murky-business-schemes|url-status=live}}
2018 Women's Rights: forbidden subject{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-shines-light-forbidden-coverage-womens-rights|title=RSF shines light on "forbidden coverage" of women's rights|date=1 March 2018|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=8 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408070425/https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-shines-light-forbidden-coverage-womens-rights|url-status=live}}
2018 Journalists: the bête noire of organised crime{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/reports/rsf-report-journalists-who-are-targeted-organized-crime|title=RSF report on journalists who are targeted by organized crime|date=26 November 2018|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=12 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812023440/https://rsf.org/en/reports/rsf-report-journalists-who-are-targeted-organized-crime|url-status=live}}
2018 Cambodia: independent press in ruins{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-publishes-report-media-freedom-under-attack-cambodia|title=RSF publishes report on media freedom under attack in Cambodia|date=13 February 2018|website=RSF|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=23 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423093956/https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-publishes-report-media-freedom-under-attack-cambodia|url-status=live}}
2018 Women's rights: forbidden subject
2019 China's Pursuit of a New World Order Media{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/reports/rsf-report-chinas-pursuit-new-world-media-order|title=RSF Report: "China's Pursuit of a New World Media Order"|date=22 March 2019|website=RSF|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=29 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529221221/https://rsf.org/en/reports/rsf-report-chinas-pursuit-new-world-media-order|url-status=live}}
2019 Media Ownership Monitor, Pakistan (with Freedom Network){{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/media-ownership-monitor-pakistan-high-risk-country-terms-media-pluralism|title=Media Ownership Monitor: Pakistan a high-risk country in terms of media pluralism|date=18 July 2019|website=RSF|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=13 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213180447/https://rsf.org/en/news/media-ownership-monitor-pakistan-high-risk-country-terms-media-pluralism|url-status=live}}

2010 Change for Equality website, www.we-change.org, women's rights activists, Iran
2011: Nawaat.org, bloggers, Tunisia
2012: Local Coordination Committees of Syria, media centre, citizen journalists and activists, Syria
2013: Huynh Ngoc Chenh, blogger, Vietnam{{Cite web |date=7 March 2013 |title=Reporters Without Borders Awards Vietnamese blogger Huynh Ngoc Chenh {{!}} Reporters without borders |url=https://rsf.org/en/news/reporters-without-borders-awards-vietnamese-blogger-huynh-ngoc-chenh |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117225453/https://rsf.org/en/news/reporters-without-borders-awards-vietnamese-blogger-huynh-ngoc-chenh |archive-date=17 January 2021 |access-date=18 December 2020 |website=RSF |language=en}}
2014: Raif Badawi, blogger, Saudi Arabia
2015: Zone9, blogger collective, Ethiopia
2016: Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu, citizen journalists, China{{Cite web |date=18 August 2017 |title=Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu, the activists who put non news in the news |url=https://clb.org.hk/content/lu-yuyu-and-li-tingyu-activists-who-put-non-news-news |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324223031/https://clb.org.hk/content/lu-yuyu-and-li-tingyu-activists-who-put-non-news-news |archive-date=24 March 2020 |access-date=5 March 2020 |website=CLB}}

= Annual reports =

RSF issues a report annually. RSF said that 110 journalists were killed in the course of their work in 2015.{{cite web |date=2015 |title=One of the most oppressive countries |url=https://rsf.org/en/iran |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119053026/https://rsf.org/en/iran |archive-date=19 January 2018 |access-date=24 June 2020 |website=rsf.org}}{{Cite web |date=15 December 2015 |title=گزارشگران بدون مرز: ایران رتبه سوم جهان را در زندانی کردن روزنامه نگاران دارد |trans-title=Reporters Without Borders: Iran ranks third in the world in imprisoning journalists |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2015/12/151215_nm_rsf_journalism |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214154157/http://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2015/12/151215_nm_rsf_journalism |archive-date=14 December 2016 |access-date=7 July 2020 |website=BBC News فارسی |language=fa}} In 2016, RSF stated that, there were 348 imprisoned journalists and 52 hostages. Nearly two-thirds of imprisoned journalists were in Turkey, China, Syria, Egypt and Iran.{{cite web |date=2016 |title=Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2016 |url=https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/press_freedom.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513021935/https://nationsonline.org/oneworld/press_freedom.htm |archive-date=13 May 2020 |access-date=23 June 2020 |website=nationsonline.org}}{{cite web |date=21 April 2016 |title=Iran Ranked 169th on 2016 World Press Freedom Index |url=https://www.journalismisnotacrime.com/en/features/1168/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629214123/https://www.journalismisnotacrime.com/en/features/1168/ |archive-date=29 June 2020 |access-date=23 June 2020 |website=journalismisnotacrime}} RSF's 2018 report stated that over 80 journalists were killed, 348 were currently imprisoned, and another 60 were being held hostage.{{cite web |title=Iranian journalists sentenced to imprisonment, flogging |url=https://www.refworld.org/publisher,RSF,,IRN,5bc6ef204,0.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617165036/https://www.refworld.org/publisher,RSF,,IRN,5bc6ef204,0.html/ |archive-date=17 June 2020 |access-date=30 August 2018 |website=refworld.org}}{{cite web |date=14 December 2018 |title=RSF's 2018 round-up of deadly attacks and abuses against journalists – figures up in all categories |url=https://rsf.org/en/news/rsfs-2018-round-deadly-attacks-and-abuses-against-journalists-figures-all-categories |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530054514/https://rsf.org/en/news/rsfs-2018-round-deadly-attacks-and-abuses-against-journalists-figures-all-categories |archive-date=30 May 2020 |access-date=18 December 2018 |website=rsf.org}}{{cite web |date=2018 |title=2020 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX MAP PRESENTATION INDEX DETAILS ANALYSES METHODOLOGY |url=https://rsf.org/en/ranking/2018# |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610224246/https://rsf.org/en/ranking/2018 |archive-date=10 June 2020 |access-date=17 June 2020 |website=rsf.org}}

= Statements =

On 22 February 2020, RSF issued a statement condemning the IRGC's call for journalists to be detained in Iran. IRGC intelligence has summoned some journalists{{clarify|date=January 2021}} and banned any media activities. Reporters Without Borders described the IRGC's intelligence action as "arbitrary and illegal" and aimed at "preventing journalists from being informed on social media."{{cite web |title=Iran's War on Journalism and Journalists |url=https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/irans-war-on-journalism-and-journalists |website=United Against Nuclear Iran |access-date=7 January 2021 |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208192313/https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/irans-war-on-journalism-and-journalists |url-status=live }}

On 21 April 2020, the RSF based in Paris said that the pandemic had amplified and highlighted many crises and over shadowed freedom of the press. The high representative of the EU, Josep Borrell, stated that the pandemic should not be used to justify the limitation of democratic and civil freedoms and that the rule of law and international commitments should be respected. He said freedom of speech and access to information should not be limited and that measures taken against the pandemic should not be used to restrict human rights advocates, reporters, media staff and institutions of civil societies.{{cite news |title=Coronavirus pandemic 'amplifies press freedom threats' |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20200421-coronavirus-pandemic-amplifies-press-freedom-threats |agency=FRANCE24 |date=21 April 2020 |access-date=21 September 2020 |archive-date=29 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429060234/https://www.france24.com/en/20200421-coronavirus-pandemic-amplifies-press-freedom-threats |url-status=live }}

On 25 June 2020, RSF issued a statement entitled "Enforced online repentance, Iran's new method of repression". According to the report, the Revolutionary Guards summoned a number of journalists, writers and human rights activists and threatened to detain them, forcing them to express their regrets or apologies for publishing their comments in cyberspace in order to silence them.{{cite web |title=Enforced online repentance, Iran's new method of repression |url=https://rsf.org/en/news/enforced-online-repentance-irans-new-method-repression |website=rsf.org |date=25 June 2020 |access-date=26 June 2020 |archive-date=27 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627070612/https://rsf.org/en/news/enforced-online-repentance-irans-new-method-repression |url-status=live }}{{clarify|date=January 2021}}

Funding

RSF's budget for 2022 totalled €8m. 52% of the organisation's income comes from the state sector; 22% from foundations; 12% from commercial activities; 11% from sponsorships and public donations.{{Cite web |url=https://rsf.org/en/finance-and-supports |title=Finance and Supporters |website=rsf.org |date=25 May 2018 }} Foundations supporting RSF's work through services include the American Express, the Société Générale, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and Ford Foundation.{{Cite web |url=https://rsf.org/en/our-supporters |title=Our Supporters |website=rsf.org |date=22 January 2016}}

In 2005 RSF was reported by The Guardian to have been criticised by left-wing writer Diana Barahona for accepting funding from the National Endowment for Democracy in the US and the Center for a Free Cuba. She accused RSF of being part of “a neocon crusade” against Fidel Castro's Government of Cuba. In response, Secretary-general Robert Ménard stated that funding from NED totalled 0.92 per cent of RSF's budget and was used to support African journalists and their families.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/may/19/pressandpublishing.usnews |title=Bias claim against reporters' group |last=Campbell|first=Duncan |date=19 May 2005 |website=The Guardian |access-date=5 March 2020 |archive-date=7 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207115429/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/may/19/pressandpublishing.usnews |url-status=live}} RSF ceased its relationship with the Center for a Free Cuba in 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/reporters-without-borders-keeps-unesco-consultative-status-condemns-disinformation|title=Reporters Without Borders keeps UNESCO consultative status, condemns disinformation|date=13 March 2012|website=RSF|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225084049/https://rsf.org/en/news/reporters-without-borders-keeps-unesco-consultative-status-condemns-disinformation|url-status=live}}

Recognitions

RSF has received multiple international awards honouring its achievements:

1992: received the "Lorenzo Natali Prize" from the European Commission for defending human rights and democracy.{{Cite web |date=14 October 2002 |title=Previous Natali Prize winners |url=https://www.ifj.org/index.php?id=41&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=503&cHash=d4bcf31f52c04bf25a84d1122d0caf0a |access-date=26 June 2022 |website=International Federation of Journalists |language=en}}
1997: received the "Journalism and Democracy Prize" from the Parliament Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).{{Cite web |date=23 April 1999 |title=OSCE journalism prize awarded to Christiane Amanpour |url=https://www.osce.org/pa/52423 |access-date=26 June 2022 |website=OSCE |language=en}}
1999: received the prize "Archivio Disarmo - {{Interlanguage link|Golden Doves for Peace|it|Colombe d'Oro per la Pace}}" from {{Interlanguage link|IRIAD|it|Istituto di Ricerche Internazionali Archivio Disarmo}}. {{Cite web |title=Golden Doves for Peace |url=https://www.archiviodisarmo.it/golden-doves-for-peace.html |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=www.archiviodisarmo.it}}
2005: shared the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for "Freedom of Thought" with Nigerian human rights lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim and Cuba's Ladies in White movement.[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+IM-PRESS+20051017FCS01528+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN "Ladies, Ibrahim and Reporters joint Sakharov prize winners"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620033601/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2F%2FEP%2F%2FTEXT+IM-PRESS+20051017FCS01528+0+DOC+XML+V0%2F%2FEN |date=20 June 2020 }}, European Parliament, 27 June 2006
2006: received the "Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award" from Taiwan Foundation for Democracy.{{Cite web |last=Huang |first=Jewel |date=26 December 2006 |title=Reporters Without Borders wins Asia Democracy and Human Rights award |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2006/12/26/2003341995 |access-date=26 June 2022 |website=Taipei Times}}
2007: received the "{{Interlanguage link|Dawit Isaak Prize|sv|Dawit Isaak-priset}}" from the Swedish Publicists' Association.{{Cite web |title=Reportrar utan gränser har tilldelats det nyinstiftade Dawit Isaak-priset |trans-title=Reporters Without Borders has been awarded the newly instituted Dawit Isaak Prize |url=https://www.journalisten.se/sok?fulltext=Dawit&page=61 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626141138/https://www.journalisten.se/sok?fulltext=Dawit&page=61 |archive-date=26 June 2022 |access-date=26 June 2022 |website=Journalisten |language=Swedish}}
2008: received the "Kahlil Gibran Award for Institutional Excellence" from the Arab American Institute Foundation.{{Cite web |date=20 March 2008 |title=Tenth Annual Kahlil Gibran "Spirit of Humanity" Awards Gala to Honor Refugees International, Reporters Without Borders for Commitment to Advocacy, U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood of Illinois, Barenboim-Said Foundation |url=https://www.arabamerica.com/tenth-annual-kahlil-gibran-spirit-of-humanity-awards-gala-to-honor-refugees-international-reporters-without-borders-for-commitment-to-advocacy-u-s-rep-ray-lahood-of-illinois-barenboim-said-fo/ |website=Arab America |access-date=10 February 2023}}
2009: shared the "Roland Berger Human Dignity Award" with Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi.{{cite web|url=http://en.rsf.org/roland-berger-human-dignity-award-25-03-2009,30679.html|title=Roland Berger Human Dignity Award goes to Reporters Without Borders and Shirin Ebadi|date=25 March 2009|publisher=Reports Without Borders|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403091837/http://en.rsf.org/roland-berger-human-dignity-award-25-03-2009,30679.html|archive-date=3 April 2015|access-date=3 March 2012}}
2009: received the "{{Interlanguage link|Charlemagne medal|de|Karlsmedaille für europäische Medien}}" for European Media.{{Cite web |date= |title=Reporter ohne Grenzen |trans-title=Reporters Without Borders |url=https://medaille-charlemagne.eu/akteure/reporter-ohne-grenzen-d-2009/|access-date=26 June 2022 |website=Medaille Charlemagne |language=de}}
2012: received the "Club Internacional de Prensa" Award, in Madrid.{{Cite web |date=18 April 2012 |title=Entrega de los premios del 50º aniversario del Club Internacional de Prensa |trans-title=Awards ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the International Press Club |url=https://www.casareal.es/en/Actividades/Paginas/actividades_actividades_detalle.aspx?data=9672 |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=Casa real |language=es}}
2013: received the "Freedom of Speech Award" from the International Association of Press Clubs, in Warsaw.[http://en.rsf.org/reporters-without-borders-laureate-04-06-2013,44712.html "Reporters Without Borders, Laureate of the International Association of Press Clubs Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015011633/http://en.rsf.org/reporters-without-borders-laureate-04-06-2013,44712.html |date=15 October 2013 }}, Reporters Without Borders, 4 June 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
2014: City of Bonn's 2014 DemokratiePreis.[https://rsf.org/en/presentation "International recognition"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421110308/https://rsf.org/en/presentation |date=21 April 2020 }}, Reporters Without Borders, 4 June 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
2019: Dan David Prize, Defending Democracy, jointly with Michael Ignatieff.{{Cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/dan-david-prize-awarded-reporters-without-borders-rsf-its-contribution-field-defending-democracy|title=Dan David Prize awarded to Reporters Without Borders (RSF) for its contribution in the field of Defending Democracy.|date=20 May 2019|website=RSF|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924093540/https://rsf.org/en/news/dan-david-prize-awarded-reporters-without-borders-rsf-its-contribution-field-defending-democracy|url-status=live}}
2024: Foundation Day Honorary Award, Hasselt University (Belgium)

RSF was criticised for accepting the Dan David Prize, awarded by the Dan David Foundation in Israel, due to the alleged Palestinian journalists killed or arrested in Gaza.{{Cite web|url=https://www.legrandsoir.info/reporters-sans-frontieres-recoit-le-prix-du-regime-assassin-de-journalistes-the-electronic-intifada.html|title=Reporters Sans Frontières reçoit le prix du régime assassin de journalistes (The Electronic Intifada) |trans-title=Reporters Without Borders receives the prize for the murderous regime of journalists (The Electronic Intifada) |last=Abunimah|first=Ali|date=2 June 2019|website=Le Grand Soir|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929014657/https://www.legrandsoir.info/reporters-sans-frontieres-recoit-le-prix-du-regime-assassin-de-journalistes-the-electronic-intifada.html|url-status=live}}