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			{{short description\|International organisation for freedom of the press}}
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			{{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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			\| caption = Logo since 2020
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			\| formation = 1985
			\| founder = ], Rémy Loury, Jacques Molénat and Émilien Jubineau
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			\| type = ], ] with consultative status at the ]
			\| headquarters = ], ]
			\| membership =
			\| leader_title = Director General
			\| leader_name = {{ill\|Thibaut Bruttin\|wd=Q122872391}}<br />(since November 2024)
			\| key_people = Thibaut Bruttin, Secretary General<br /> Pierre Haski, President RSF France<br /> Mickael Rediske, President RSF Germany<br /> Christian Mihr, CEO RSF Germany<br /> Rubina Möhring, President RSF Austria<br /> Alfonso Armada, President RSF Spain<br /> Gérard Tschopp, President RSF Switzerland<br /> Erik Halkjær, President, RSF Sweden<br /> Jarmo Mäkelä, President, RSF Finland
			\| num_staff = Approximately 100
			\| budget = €6 million (RSF France)
			\| website = {{Official URL}}
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			]
			'''Reporters Without Borders''' ('''RWB'''; {{langx\|fr\|Reporters sans frontières}}; '''RSF''') is an international ] and ] headquartered in Paris, which focuses on safeguarding the right to ]. 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 ] that recognises the right to receive and share information regardless of frontiers, along with other international rights charters.<ref>RSF Annual Report 2018, p5</ref> RSF has consultative status at the ], ], the ], and the ].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

			== 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 ] and information. It provides daily briefings and press releases on threats to media freedom in ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] and publishes an annual press freedom round up, the ], that measures the state of media freedom in 180 countries. The organisation provides assistance to journalists at risk and training in digital and ], 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.<ref>RSF Annual Report 2018, pp14-16</ref> In addition, RSF keeps a yearly count of journalists killed on the job.
	'''Reporters Without Borders''', or '''RWB''' ({{lang-fr\|Reporters sans frontières}}, {{lang-es\|Reporteros Sin Fronteras}}, or '''RSF''', {{lang-de\|Reporter ohne Grenzen}} or '''ROG''' , {{lang-fa\|گزارشگران بدون مرز}}, {{lang-zh\|无国界记者}}<ref>This is the official Chinese name on the official web site: , accessed ], ]</ref>) is a Paris-based international ] that advocates ]. It was founded in 1985 by current Secretary General ], Rony Brauman (then president of ]) and the journalist Jean-Claude Guillebaud.<ref name=RFO> , '']'', 6 November 2006 {{fr icon}}</ref>

			To mark ] 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 ].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
	==Press freedom==

			==History==
	RWB was founded in ], France in 1985. At first, the association was aimed at promoting ], but before the failure of their project, the three founders stumbled on disagreements between themselves <ref name=RFO/>. Finally, only Robert Ménard stayed and became its Secretary General. Ménard changed the NGO's aim towards freedom of press <ref name=RFO/>.
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			RSF was founded in ], ], in 1985 by ], Rémy Loury, Jacques Molénat and Émilien Jubineau. It was registered as a non-profit organisation in 1995.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Ménard was RSF's first secretary general, succeeded by {{Interlanguage link\|Jean-François Julliard\|fr\|Jean-François Julliard (militant)}}. ] was appointed secretary-general in 2012, and remained so until his death in June 2024.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Thibaut Bruttin is the current secretary-general, appointed in November 2024.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

			== Structure ==
	Reporters Without Borders states that it draws its inspiration from Article 19 of the 1948 ], according to which everyone has "the right to freedom of opinion and expression" and also the right to "seek, receive and impart" information and ideas "regardless of frontiers." This has been re-affirmed by several charters and declarations around the world. In Europe, this right is included in the 1950 ].
			RSF's head office is based in ]. It has 13 regional and national offices, including ], ], ], ], ], ] and ], and a network of 146 correspondents.<ref>RSF Annual Report 2018, pp51-52</ref> It employs 57 salaried staff in Paris and internationally.<ref>RSF Annual Report 2018, p. 10</ref> A board of governors, elected from RSF's members, approves the organisation's policies.<ref>{{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}}</ref> An International Council has oversight of the organisation's activities and approves the accounts and budget.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

			==Advocacy==
	Reporters Without Borders is a founding member of the ], a virtual network of non-governmental organisations that monitors free expression violations worldwide and defends journalists, writers and others who are persecuted for exercising their right to ].
			===World Press Freedom Index===
			[[File:Press freedom 2024.svg\|400px\|thumb\|
			'''2024 Press Freedom Index'''<ref>{{cite web \|year=2024 \|title=2024 World Press Freedom Index \|url=https://rsf.org/en/index \|work=Reporters Without Borders}}</ref>
			{{legend\|#005F9A\|Good}}
			{{legend\|#8EB0D6\|Satisfactory}}
			{{legend\|#FFB035\|Problematic}}
			{{legend\|#FF3022\|Difficult}}
			{{legend\|#83000B\|Very serious}}
			{{legend\|#DCDCDC\|Not classified}}]]

			{{Main\|Press Freedom Index}}
	In 2005, Reporters Without Borders shared the ] ] for freedom of thought with Nigerian human rights lawyer ] and Cuba's ] movement.<ref>European Parliament. </ref>

			=== Information and Democracy Initiative ===
	Over the years, RWB has published several books to raise public awareness of threats to press freedom around the world. A recent publication is the ''Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents'',<ref></ref> which was launched in ]. The handbook provides technical tips on how to ] anonymously and avoid ]. It includes contributions from well-known blogger-journalists ], ] and ].
			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 ] and Nobel laureate ] 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

			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.<ref name="RSF-2019">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="RSF-2019" />
	==Worldwide Press Freedom Index==
	]
	RWB compiles and publishes an ] of countries based upon the organization's assessment of their press freedom records. Small countries, such as ] and ], are excluded from this report. The 2007 list was published on ] 2007.

			At the ] 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.<ref name="RSF-2019" />
	The report is based on a questionnaire sent to partner organisations of Reporters Without Borders (14 freedom of expression groups in five continents) and its 130 correspondents around the world, as well as to journalists, researchers, jurists and human rights activists.<ref>Reporters Without Borders. </ref>

			=== Journalism Trust Initiative ===
	The survey asks questions about direct attacks on journalists and the media as well as other indirect sources of pressure against the free press. RWB is careful to note that the index only deals with press freedom, and does not measure the quality of journalism. Due to the nature of the survey's methodology based on individual perceptions, there are often wide contrasts in a country's ranking from year to year.
			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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

	==~~Funding~~==		=== Actions ===
			RSF's defence of journalistic freedom includes international missions, the publication of country reports, training of journalists and public protests.
	Some funding (19% of total) comes from ] and ] governments and organisations, among them the American ] (NED).<ref></ref><ref>Z Magazine. </ref> According to RWB president Robert Ménard, the donations from the French government account for 4,8% of RWB's budget; the total amount of governmental aid being 11% of its budget (including money from the French government, the ], ] and the ]).<ref name=Junqua/> Furthermore RWB receives funding from various private donors, such as the ] and the ].<ref></ref> Furthermore, ] has realized various communication campaigns of RWB for free (for instance, concerning ] <ref> , '']'', 11 June 2005 {{fr icon}} </ref>).

			In this function RSF publishes the ], an authoritative document which clarifies the "Rights and Obligations" of Journalists. The ] was developed by the German Journalist Association (de. ]), published in Munich 1971, and is accepted as authoritative within the profession. It was later adopted by most journalists' unions in Europe.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
	Both the NED and the Centre for a Free Cuba are funded by the US Government. However, Daniel Junqua, the vice-president of the French section of RWB (and also vice-president of the NGO ''Les Amis du ]''), claims that the NED's funding does not compromise RWB's impartiality.<ref name=Junqua> Daniel Junqua, , '']'', August 2007 {{fr icon}} </ref>

			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 ] and providing training to journalists and bloggers in Syria.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> In July 2018, RSF sent a mission to Saudi Arabia to call for the release of 30 journalists.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The organisation publishes a gallery of Predators of Press Freedom, highlighting the most egregious international violators of press freedom.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It also maintains an online Press Freedom Barometer, monitoring the number of journalists, media workers and citizen journalists killed or imprisoned.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> RSF offers grants to journalists at risk and supports media workers in need of refuge and protection.]''<nowiki/>'s former editor-in-chief ] receiving the 2015 RSF Prize. Shortly thereafter, he was arrested.]]
	RSF's Chinese website credits support from ]<ref>http://www.rsf-chinese.org/spip.php?article59 rsf-chinese about page, paragraph 14</ref>, a quasi-government organization funded by the ] Ministry of Foreign Affairs<ref>http://www.tfd.org.tw/english/about.php?id=en0101 TFD about page, paragraph 3</ref>.

			=== Prizes ===
	On April 21, 2008 Le Figaro published an article on .
			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}}

			A ] 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
	==Controversy and Campaigns==
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			In 2018, RSF launched new categories for the Press Freedom Prize: courage, independence and impact.{{citation needed\|date=January 2021}}
	===Robert Ménard on torture===

			Every few years, RSF also distributes ] anti-awards.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
	In an interview with ], whilst speaking about the case of the kidnapped journalist ], RWB president ] discussed the use of ].<ref>Jean-Noël Darde, , '']'', 26 August 2007 {{fr icon}}</ref>
	Menard told France Culture:

			==== Press Freedom Prizewinners, 1992–2020 ====
	{{cquote\|Where do we stop? Shall we accept this logic that consists of… since we could do it in some cases, ‘you kidnap, we kidnap; you mistreat, we mistreat; you torture, we torture …?
			* 1992 Zlatko Dizdarevic, Bosnia-Herzegovina
			* 1993 ], China
			* 1994 ], Rwanda
			* 1995 ], Nigeria
			* 1996 ], Turkey
			* 1997 ], Cuba
			* 1998 ], Syria
			* 1999 ], Burma
			* 2000 {{Interlanguage link\|Carmen Gurruchaga\|es\|Carmen Gurruchaga}}, Spain
			* 2001 ], Iran
			* 2002 ], Russia
			* 2003 ], Morocco; ], Zimbabwe; ], Haiti
			* 2004 Hafnaoui Ghoul, Algeria;<ref>{{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}}</ref> Zeta, Mexico; ], China
			* 2005 ], China; ], Afghanistan; ], Somalia; ], Syria
			* 2006 ], Burma; ], Russia; ], Cuba
			* 2007 ], Eritrea; ], Burma; ], Egypt; ], ], China
			* 2008 ], Cuba; Radio Free NK, North Korea;<ref>{{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}}</ref> ] and ], Burma
			* 2009 ], Israel; Dosh, Chechnya<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			* 2010 {{Interlanguage link\|Abdolreza Tajik\|fa\|عبدالرضا تاجیک}}, Iran;<ref>{{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}}</ref> ], Somalia
			* 2011 ], Syria; ], Burma
			* 2012 ], Syria; 8Sobh, Afghanistan
			* 2013 {{Interlanguage link\|Muhammad Bekjanov\|sv\|Muhammad Bekjanov}}, Uzbekistan;<ref>{{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}}</ref> ], Sri Lanka
			* 2014 ], Mexico; ], Liberia; ], Saudi Arabia
			* 2015 ], Syria; ], Ethiopia; ], Turkey
			* 2016 ], Syria; ], China; Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu, China
			* 2017 ], Poland; {{Interlanguage link\|Medyascope\|tr\|Medyascope}}, Turkey; ], Iran
			* 2018 ], India; , Malta; ]; Philippines; ], United Kingdom
			* 2019 ], Saudi Arabia; ], Vietnam; ], Malta
			* 2020 ], Egypt; ], Belarus; ], Hong Kong
			* 2021 ], China; ] of the network ], France; ], Palestine

			==== Netizen Prize ====
	What justifies…? Perhaps in order to free somebody, can we go there? It is a real question.
			]
			* 2010 Change for Equality website, www.we-change.org, women's rights activists, Iran
			* 2011: Nawaat.org, bloggers, Tunisia
			* 2012: ], media centre, citizen journalists and activists, Syria
			* 2013: Huynh Ngoc Chenh, blogger, Vietnam<ref>{{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\|access-date=18 December 2020\|website=RSF\|language=en\|archive-date=17 January 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117225453/https://rsf.org/en/news/reporters-without-borders-awards-vietnamese-blogger-huynh-ngoc-chenh\|url-status=live}}</ref>
			* 2014: ], blogger, Saudi Arabia
			* 2015: ], blogger collective, Ethiopia
			* 2016: Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu, citizen journalists, China<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://clb.org.hk/content/lu-yuyu-and-li-tingyu-activists-who-put-non-news-news\|title=Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu, the activists who put non news in the news\|date=18 August 2017\|website=CLB\|access-date=5 March 2020\|archive-date=24 March 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324223031/https://clb.org.hk/content/lu-yuyu-and-li-tingyu-activists-who-put-non-news-news\|url-status=live}}</ref>

			== Annual reports ==
	That is real life, it is that, what François just said: we are no longer in ideas, it is war, we are no longer dealing with principals. I don’t what to think. Because this happens to Marianne Pearl, I’m not saying, I’m not saying that they made a mistake because she thought that it was appropriate to do it, that it was necessary to do that, that her husband had to be saved, she was pregnant… for the sake of the baby that was going to be born, everything was permitted.
			{{self-published\|date=August 2020}}
			RSF issues a report annually.

			RSF reported that 67 journalists were killed, while 879 were arrested and 38 were abducted in 2012.<ref>{{cite web \|title=News providers decimated in 2012 \|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/news-providers-decimated-2012 \|website=rsf \|date=19 December 2012 \|access-date=26 July 2020 \|archive-date=26 July 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726192919/https://rsf.org/en/news/news-providers-decimated-2012 \|url-status=live }}</ref> The number of journalists killed worldwide in 2014 was 66, two-thirds of whom were killed in war zones. The deadliest areas for the journalists in 2014 were Syria, Palestine, Ukraine, Iraq and Libya (needs citations). The number of journalists convicted by their government rose to 178 in 2014, most of them in Egypt, ], ], ] and Iran.<ref>{{cite web \|title=World press freedom index 2014 \|url=https://rsf.org/en/world-press-freedom-index-2014 \|website=rsf.org \|date=2014 \|access-date=25 June 2020 \|archive-date=1 January 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101155151/https://rsf.org/en/world-press-freedom-index-2014 \|url-status=live }}</ref> RSF said that 110 journalists were killed in the course of their work in 2015.<ref>{{cite web \|title=One of the most oppressive countries \|url=https://rsf.org/en/iran \|website=rsf.org \|date=2015 \|access-date=24 June 2020 \|archive-date=19 January 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119053026/https://rsf.org/en/iran \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|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 \|access-date=7 July 2020 \|website=BBC News فارسی \|date=15 December 2015 \|language=fa \|archive-date=14 December 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214154157/http://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2015/12/151215_nm_rsf_journalism \|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, RSF stated that, there were 348 imprisoned journalists and 52 hostages. Nearly two-thirds of imprisoned journalists were in ], China, ], ] and Iran.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2016 \|url=https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/press_freedom.htm \|website=nationsonline.org \|date=2016 \|access-date=23 June 2020 \|archive-date=13 May 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513021935/https://nationsonline.org/oneworld/press_freedom.htm \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Iran Ranked 169th on 2016 World Press Freedom Index \|url=https://www.journalismisnotacrime.com/en/features/1168/ \|website=journalismisnotacrime \|date=21 April 2016 \|access-date=23 June 2020 \|archive-date=29 June 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629214123/https://www.journalismisnotacrime.com/en/features/1168/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> The RSF's 2017 annual report stated that 65 journalists were killed, 326 journalists were imprisoned and 54 journalists were taken hostage during the year.<ref>{{cite web \|title=2017 World Press Freedom Index – tipping point \|url=https://rsf.org/en/2017-world-press-freedom-index-tipping-point \|website=rsf.org \|date=2017 \|access-date=22 June 2020 \|archive-date=8 June 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608151624/https://rsf.org/en/2017-world-press-freedom-index-tipping-point \|url-status=live }}</ref> RSF's 2018 report stated that over 80 journalists were killed, 348 were currently imprisoned, and another 60 were being held hostage.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Iranian journalists sentenced to imprisonment, flogging \|url=https://www.refworld.org/publisher,RSF,,IRN,5bc6ef204,0.html \|website=refworld.org \|access-date=30 August 2018 \|archive-date=17 June 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617165036/https://www.refworld.org/publisher,RSF,,IRN,5bc6ef204,0.html/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|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 \|website=rsf.org \|date=14 December 2018 \|access-date=18 December 2018 \|archive-date=30 May 2020 \|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 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=2020 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX MAP PRESENTATION INDEX DETAILS ANALYSES METHODOLOGY \|url=https://rsf.org/en/ranking/2018# \|website=rsf.org \|date=2018 \|access-date=17 June 2020 \|archive-date=10 June 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610224246/https://rsf.org/en/ranking/2018 \|url-status=live }}</ref>
	And it was absolutely necessary to save him and if it was necessary to attack a certain number of people, they had to attack a certain number of people, physically attack them, you understand, threatening them and torturing them, even though we might have to kill some.

			== Publications ==
	I don’t know, I am lost. Because sometimes I don’t know where you have to stop, where you have to put on the brakes. What is acceptable and what is unacceptable? And at the same time, for the families of those that were kidnapped, because many times they are the people we talk to first, in Reporters without Borders; legitimately, I, if my daughter were kidnapped there would be no limit, I tell you, I tell you, there would be no limit on torture.<ref> Reporters without Borders, follows in Washington’s steps and legitimizes torture, Global Research, September 21, 2007</ref>}}
			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:<ref>{{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}}</ref>

			=== Selected reports ===
			*2016 Freedom of expression under state of emergency, Turkey (with ARTICLE 19 and others)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			*2016 When oligarchs go shopping<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			*2017 Who owns the media?<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			*2017 Media Ownership Monitor, ] (with Ukrainian Institute of Mass Information)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			*2018 Women's Rights: forbidden subject<ref name="RSF shines light on-2018">{{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}}</ref>
			*2018 Journalists: the bête noire of organised crime<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			*2018 Cambodia: independent press in ruins<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			*2018 Women's rights: forbidden subject<ref name="RSF shines light on-2018" />
			*2019 China's Pursuit of a New World Order Media<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			* 2019 Media Ownership Monitor, ] (with Freedom Network)<ref>{{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}}</ref>

	===~~Cuba~~===		=== Statements ===
			On 22 February 2020, RSF issued a statement condemning the IRGC's call for journalists to be detained in Iran. ] 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."<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
	{{POV-section\|date=February 2008}}

			Following the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Iran, RSF issued a statement on 6 March expressing concern over the health of imprisoned journalists.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Iran: Press freedom violations recounted in real time January 2020 \|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/iran-press-freedom-violations-recounted-real-time-january-2020 \|website=rsf.org \|date=29 June 2020 \|access-date=1 July 2020 \|archive-date=5 May 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505210016/https://rsf.org/en/news/iran-press-freedom-violations-recounted-real-time-january-2020 \|url-status=live }}</ref>
	Tensions between Cuban authorities and RWB are high, particularly after the imprisonment in 2003 of 75 dissidents (27 journalists) by the Cuban Government, including ] and ]. RWB describes the Cuban regime as "]" and engages in ] against Castro's regime. <ref name="RSFChe"> , RSF, ] 2004 </ref> RWB has been described as an "ultra-reactionary" organization by the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, '']''.<ref name="RSFChe"> , RSF, ], 2004</ref>

			On 16 April 2020, RSF wrote to two ]s on ] and Health, urging the United Nations to issue serious warnings to governments that restrict freedom of expression in the context of the coronavirus epidemic. The letter, signed by RSF Director Christian Mihr, stated: "Freedom of the press and access to information are more important than ever at the time of Corona's pandemic."<ref>{{cite web \|title=RSF complains to UN about coronavirus press freedom violations \|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-complains-un-about-coronavirus-press-freedom-violations \|website=rsf.org \|date=14 April 2020 \|access-date=3 July 2020 \|archive-date=3 July 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703214051/https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-complains-un-about-coronavirus-press-freedom-violations \|url-status=live }}</ref>
	Lucie Morillon, RWB's Washington representative, confirmed in an interview on ], ] that the organization receives money from the Washington-based ] ($50,000 in 2004), and that a contract with the US State Department's Special Envoy to the Western Hemisphere, ], requires them to inform Europeans about repression against journalists in Cuba. However, the organisation has denied that its campaigning on the issue of Cuba - in declarations on radio and television, full-page ads in Parisian dailies, posters, leafletting at airports, and an April 2003 occupation of the Cuban tourism office in Paris - were related to the payments.<ref>] </ref> 1.3% of total funding came from this source.<ref name="income">Reporters Without Borders</ref>

			On 21 April 2020, the RSF based in ] said that the pandemic had amplified and highlighted many crises and over shadowed freedom of the press. The high representative of the EU, ], 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
	A Paris court ('']'') ordered RWB to pay 6,000 Euros to the daughter and heir of ] for non-compliance with a court order of ] 2003 banning it from using Korda’s famous (and ]ed) photograph of ] in a beret, taken at the funeral of ] victims. RWB said it was "relieved" it was not given a harsher sentence.<ref name="RSFChe"> , RSF, ], 2004 </ref><ref name=BBC>{{cite news\| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/misc/newsid_3500000/3500368.stm \|title=RSF y la foto del "Che"\| publisher=] \|date=] \|language=Spanish}}</ref> The face had been superimposed by RSF with that of a ] ] anti-riot police agent, and the postcard handed out at ] in Paris to tourists boarding on flights for Cuba. Korda's daughter declared to '']'' that "Reporters Without Borders should call themselves Reporters Without Principles."<ref> Pedro de La Hoz, , '']'', ] 2003 {{es icon}}</ref> Headed by Robert Ménard, RWB also burst into the Cuban Tourism Office in Paris on ], 2003, obstructing the running of the office for nearly four hours.<ref name=F5> , '']'' {{fr icon}}</ref><ref> , presentation of RWB by its delegate in ], Corinne Cumerlato {{fr icon}}</ref> On ], 2003, RWB organized a demonstration outside the Cuban embassy in Paris.<ref name=F5/>.

			On 25 June 2020, RSF issued a statement entitled "Enforced online repentance, Iran's new method of repression". According to the report, the ] 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.<ref name="EOL">{{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 }}</ref>{{clarify\|date=January 2021}}
	RWB claims it has been the target of hostility from the Cuban authorities since the arrest of 75 dissidents in March 2003. Cuba’s representatives have called for the withdrawal of its consultative status with the United Nations. RWB lost its UN approved NGO status for one year in July 2003 at the request of Cuba and Libya, as a result of protests against ] receiving the chairmanship of the ] in Geneva, during the committee's opening session.<ref name=RSF_UN> , ''Reporters Without Borders'', 24 July 2003 {{en icon}} (URL accessed on ] 2007) </ref>

			On 25 June 2020, Reporters Without Borders issued a statement entitled "Online Repentance, a New Method of Repression in the Islamic Republic of Iran." According to the report, the Revolutionary Guards summoned and threatened to detain a number of journalists, writers, and human rights activists, forcing them to express regret or apology for posting their views online to silence them. The organisation condemned the pressure, threats and silence of social activists.<ref name="EOL"/>{{clarify\|date=January 2021}}
	===CIA===
	An unreferenced sentence in the Indian magazine ] claims that Reporters Without Borders is reputed for having strong ties with the intelligence agencies of the western countries.<ref name=Frontline> ''Frontline'' Volume 25 - Issue 07 Mar. 29-Apr. 11, 2008</ref> Cuba accused Robert Meynard, the head of RWB, of having links with the CIA.<ref name=HINDUTT/> The organization has denied the allegation made by Cuba. <ref></ref>

	==~~=Haiti=~~==		== 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.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://rsf.org/en/finance-and-supports \|title=Finance and Supporters \|website=rsf.org \|date=25 May 2018 }}</ref> Foundations supporting RSF's work through services include the ], the ], the ], and ].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://rsf.org/en/our-supporters \|title=Our Supporters \|website=rsf.org \|date=22 January 2016}}</ref>
	The online newsletter ] criticised RWB's reporting of press freedom in Haiti during and after ]'s presidency, arguing that it was biased.<ref> ]. </ref>
	===Venezuela===
	'']'' has criticized RWB's attitude towards ]'s government in ], in particular during the ].<ref name=Diplo_Venezuela> Maurice Lemoine, , '']'', August 2002 {{fr icon}} () </ref> In a ], Robert Ménard declared that RWB had also condemned the support of ] to the coup attempt.<ref name=Junqua/>
	===Philippines===
	On ], ], RWB condemned the continuing threats and violence against ] radio commentators who report on organized crime and corruption, following a death threat on RGMA ] station manager Lily Uy.<ref></ref>On ], ], RSF appealed to ] administration to forthwith arrest the killers of radio broadcaster Ferdinand Lintuan, 51, the 5th journalist killed in 2007 in the Philippines. As first president of the Davao Association of Sports Journalists he was murdered in ] on December 24.<ref></ref>

			In 2005 RSF was reported by '']'' to have been criticised by left-wing writer Diana Barahona for accepting funding from the ] in the US and the ]. She accused RSF of being part of “a neocon crusade” against ]'s ]. 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> RSF ceased its relationship with the Center for a Free Cuba in 2008.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
	===Gaza Strip===
	On January 24 RWB condemned "shots that were fired at an Israeli TV reporter and a cameraman on 15 January while in a kibbutz adjoining the border with the Gaza Strip, although they were clearly identifiable as journalists." The television crew that came under attack filmed the incident.<ref></ref>

			== Recognitions ==
	===International Online Free Expression Day===
			RSF has received multiple international awards honouring its achievements:
	Reporters Without Borders launched the first International Online Free Expression Day on March 12, 2008 <ref></ref>. ], who initially had granted patronage to that event, withdrew its patronage on March 12 giving as reasons that RWB "published material concerning a number of UNESCO’s Member States, which UNESCO had not been informed of and could not endorse" and that "UNESCO’s logo was placed in such a way as to indicate the Organization’s support of the information presented." <ref> </ref><ref></ref>
			* 1992: received the "]" from the ] for defending human rights and democracy.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			* 1997: received the "Journalism and Democracy Prize" from the Parliament Assembly of the ] (OSCE).<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			* 2005: shared the ]'s ] for "Freedom of Thought" with Nigerian human rights lawyer ] and Cuba's ] movement.<ref> {{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</ref>
			* 2006: received the "Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award" from ].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			* 2007: received the "{{Interlanguage link\|Dawit Isaak Prize\|sv\|Dawit Isaak-priset}}" from the ].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			* 2008: received the "Kahlil Gibran Award for Institutional Excellence" from the ].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			* 2009: shared the "] Human Dignity Award" with Iranian human rights lawyer and ] ].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			* 2009: received the "{{Interlanguage link\|Charlemagne medal\|de\|Karlsmedaille für europäische Medien}}" for European Media.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			* 2012: received the "Club Internacional de Prensa" Award, in Madrid.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			* 2013: received the "]" from the ], in Warsaw.<ref> {{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.</ref>
			* 2014: ]'s 2014 DemokratiePreis.<ref> {{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.</ref>
			* 2019: ], Defending Democracy, jointly with ].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
			* 2024: Foundation Day Honorary Award, ] (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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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International organisation for freedom of the press

Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Sans Frontières
[REDACTED] Logo since 2020
Formation	1985
Founder	Robert Ménard, Rémy Loury, Jacques Molénat and Émilien Jubineau
Type	Nonprofit organisation, non-governmental organisation with consultative status at the United Nations
Headquarters	Paris, France
Director General	Thibaut Bruttin [Wikidata] (since November 2024)
Key people	Thibaut Bruttin, Secretary General Pierre Haski, President RSF France Mickael Rediske, President RSF Germany Christian Mihr, CEO RSF Germany Rubina Möhring, President RSF Austria Alfonso Armada, President RSF Spain Gérard Tschopp, President RSF Switzerland Erik Halkjær, President, RSF Sweden Jarmo Mäkelä, President, RSF Finland
Budget	€6 million (RSF France)
Staff	Approximately 100
Website	rsf.org/en

Reporters Without Borders (RWB; French: 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 has consultative status at the United Nations, UNESCO, the Council of Europe, and the International Organisation of the Francophonie.

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. 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.

History

Previous logo

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. Ménard was RSF's first secretary general, succeeded by Jean-François Julliard [fr]. Christophe Deloire was appointed secretary-general in 2012, and remained so until his death in June 2024. Thibaut Bruttin is the current secretary-general, appointed in November 2024.

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. It employs 57 salaried staff in Paris and internationally. A board of governors, elected from RSF's members, approves the organisation's policies. An International Council has oversight of the organisation's activities and approves the accounts and budget.

Advocacy

World Press Freedom Index

Main article: Press Freedom Index

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.

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. 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.

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 Munich Charter (fr. Charte de Munich) was developed by the German Journalist Association (de. Deutscher Journalisten-Verband), published in Munich 1971, and is accepted as authoritative within the profession. It was later adopted by most journalists' unions in Europe.

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. In July 2018, RSF sent a mission to Saudi Arabia to call for the release of 30 journalists. The organisation publishes a gallery of Predators of Press Freedom, highlighting the most egregious international violators of press freedom. It also maintains an online Press Freedom Barometer, monitoring the number of journalists, media workers and citizen journalists killed or imprisoned. 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. RSF offers grants to journalists at risk and supports media workers in need of refuge and protection.

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.

A 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."Our Prizes RSF". 25 April 2024. Archived from the original on 25 April 2024.

In 2018, RSF launched new categories for the Press Freedom Prize: courage, independence and impact.

Every few years, RSF also distributes Press freedom predator anti-awards.

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 Carmen Gurruchaga [es], Spain
2001 Reza Alijani, Iran
2002 Grigory Pasko, Russia
2003 Ali Lmrabet, Morocco; The Daily News, Zimbabwe; Michèle Montas, Haiti
2004 Hafnaoui Ghoul, Algeria; 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; Zarganar and Nay Phone Latt, Burma
2009 Amira Hass, Israel; Dosh, Chechnya
2010 Abdolreza Tajik [fa], Iran; Radio Shabelle, Somalia
2011 Ali Ferzat, Syria; Weekly Eleven News, Burma
2012 Mazen Darwish, Syria; 8Sobh, Afghanistan
2013 Muhammad Bekjanov [sv], Uzbekistan; 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; Medyascope [tr], Turkey; Soheil Arabi, Iran
2018 Swati Chaturvedi, India; 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

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
2014: Raif Badawi, blogger, Saudi Arabia
2015: Zone9, blogger collective, Ethiopia
2016: Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu, citizen journalists, China

Annual reports

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RSF issues a report annually.

RSF reported that 67 journalists were killed, while 879 were arrested and 38 were abducted in 2012. The number of journalists killed worldwide in 2014 was 66, two-thirds of whom were killed in war zones. The deadliest areas for the journalists in 2014 were Syria, Palestine, Ukraine, Iraq and Libya (needs citations). The number of journalists convicted by their government rose to 178 in 2014, most of them in Egypt, Ukraine, China, Eritrea and Iran. RSF said that 110 journalists were killed in the course of their work in 2015. 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. The RSF's 2017 annual report stated that 65 journalists were killed, 326 journalists were imprisoned and 54 journalists were taken hostage during the year. RSF's 2018 report stated that over 80 journalists were killed, 348 were currently imprisoned, and another 60 were being held hostage.

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:

Selected reports

2016 Freedom of expression under state of emergency, Turkey (with ARTICLE 19 and others)
2016 When oligarchs go shopping
2017 Who owns the media?
2017 Media Ownership Monitor, Ukraine (with Ukrainian Institute of Mass Information)
2018 Women's Rights: forbidden subject
2018 Journalists: the bête noire of organised crime
2018 Cambodia: independent press in ruins
2018 Women's rights: forbidden subject
2019 China's Pursuit of a New World Order Media
2019 Media Ownership Monitor, Pakistan (with Freedom Network)

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 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."

Following the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Iran, RSF issued a statement on 6 March expressing concern over the health of imprisoned journalists.

On 16 April 2020, RSF wrote to two United Nations special rapporteurs on Freedom of Expression and Health, urging the United Nations to issue serious warnings to governments that restrict freedom of expression in the context of the coronavirus epidemic. The letter, signed by RSF Director Christian Mihr, stated: "Freedom of the press and access to information are more important than ever at the time of Corona's pandemic."

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.

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.

On 25 June 2020, Reporters Without Borders issued a statement entitled "Online Repentance, a New Method of Repression in the Islamic Republic of Iran." According to the report, the Revolutionary Guards summoned and threatened to detain a number of journalists, writers, and human rights activists, forcing them to express regret or apology for posting their views online to silence them. The organisation condemned the pressure, threats and silence of social activists.

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. Foundations supporting RSF's work through services include the American Express, the Société Générale, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and Ford Foundation.

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. RSF ceased its relationship with the Center for a Free Cuba in 2008.

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.
1997: received the "Journalism and Democracy Prize" from the Parliament Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
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.
2006: received the "Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award" from Taiwan Foundation for Democracy.
2007: received the "Dawit Isaak Prize [sv]" from the Swedish Publicists' Association.
2008: received the "Kahlil Gibran Award for Institutional Excellence" from the Arab American Institute Foundation.
2009: shared the "Roland Berger Human Dignity Award" with Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi.
2009: received the "Charlemagne medal [de]" for European Media.
2012: received the "Club Internacional de Prensa" Award, in Madrid.
2013: received the "Freedom of Speech Award" from the International Association of Press Clubs, in Warsaw.
2014: City of Bonn's 2014 DemokratiePreis.
2019: Dan David Prize, Defending Democracy, jointly with Michael Ignatieff.
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.

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v t e Censorship
Media regulation	Books books banned Films banned films Internet circumvention Music Postal Press Radio Speech and expression Student media Televisions banned televisions Thought Video games banned video games
Methods	Bleeping Book burning Broadcast delay Censor bars Chilling effect Collateral censorship Concision Conspiracy of silence Content-control software Damnatio memoriae Euphemism Minced oath Expurgation Fogging Gag order Heckling Heckler's veto Internet police Memory hole National intranet Newspaper theft Pixelization Prior restraint Propaganda Purge Redaction Revisionism Sanitization Self-censorship Speech code Strategic lawsuit Surveillance computer and network mass Whitewashing Word filtering
Contexts	Criminal Corporate Apple Facebook Google Hate speech Online Ideological LGBT issues Media bias Moralistic fallacy Naturalistic fallacy Politics Propaganda model Religious Suppression of dissent Systemic bias
By country	Censorship Chinese issues overseas Freedom of speech Internet censorship Muhammad controversy

v t e Sakharov Prize recipients
Mandela / Marchenko (1988) Dubček (1989) Aung San Suu Kyi (1990) Demaçi (1991) Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (1992) Oslobođenje (1993) Nasrin (1994) Zana (1995) Wei Jingsheng (1996) Ghezali (1997) Rugova (1998) Gusmão (1999) ¡Basta Ya! (2000) Peled-Elhanan / Ghazzawi / Kamwenho (2001) Payá (2002) Annan / United Nations (2003) Belarusian Association of Journalists (2004) Ladies in White / Reporters Without Borders / Ibrahim (2005) Milinkievič (2006) Osman (2007) Hu Jia (2008) Memorial (2009) Fariñas (2010) Mahfouz / Senussi / Zaitouneh / Farzat / Bouazizi (2011) Sotoudeh / Panahi (2012) Yousafzai (2013) Mukwege (2014) Badawi (2015) Murad / Bashar (2016) Democratic Opposition in Venezuela: Julio Borges / Leopoldo López / Antonio Ledezma / Daniel Ceballos [es] / Yon Goicoechea / Lorent Saleh / Alfredo Ramos [es] / Andrea González (2017) Sentsov (2018) Tohti (2019) Democratic opposition in Belarus: The Coordination Council / Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya / Svetlana Alexievich / Maria Kalesnikava / Volha Kavalkova / Veronika Tsepkalo / Siarhei Tsikhanouski / Ales Bialiatski / Sergei Dylevsky / Stsiapan Putsila / Mikola Statkevich (2020) Navalny (2021) Ukrainian people (2022) Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement (2023) María Corina Machado / Edmundo González (2024)

Sakharov Prize recipients

Mandela / Marchenko (1988)
Dubček (1989)
Aung San Suu Kyi (1990)
Demaçi (1991)
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (1992)
Oslobođenje (1993)
Nasrin (1994)
Zana (1995)
Wei Jingsheng (1996)
Ghezali (1997)
Rugova (1998)
Gusmão (1999)
¡Basta Ya! (2000)
Peled-Elhanan / Ghazzawi / Kamwenho (2001)
Payá (2002)
Annan / United Nations (2003)
Belarusian Association of Journalists (2004)
Ladies in White / Reporters Without Borders / Ibrahim (2005)
Milinkievič (2006)
Osman (2007)
Hu Jia (2008)
Memorial (2009)
Fariñas (2010)
Mahfouz / Senussi / Zaitouneh / Farzat / Bouazizi (2011)
Sotoudeh / Panahi (2012)
Yousafzai (2013)
Mukwege (2014)
Badawi (2015)
Murad / Bashar (2016)
Democratic Opposition in Venezuela: Julio Borges / Leopoldo López / Antonio Ledezma / Daniel Ceballos [es] / Yon Goicoechea / Lorent Saleh / Alfredo Ramos [es] / Andrea González (2017)
Sentsov (2018)
Tohti (2019)
Democratic opposition in Belarus: The Coordination Council / Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya / Svetlana Alexievich / Maria Kalesnikava / Volha Kavalkova / Veronika Tsepkalo / Siarhei Tsikhanouski / Ales Bialiatski / Sergei Dylevsky / Stsiapan Putsila / Mikola Statkevich (2020)
Navalny (2021)
Ukrainian people (2022)
Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement (2023)
María Corina Machado / Edmundo González (2024)

v t e Internet censorship and surveillance by country
Africa	Algeria Angola Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo RO Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Morocco (Western Sahara) Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Greenland Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Puerto Rico Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia China East Timor Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestinian territories Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany (YouTube video blocking) Georgia Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea

v t e Sans Frontières/Without Borders NGOs
Arxivers sense Fronteres (Archivers) Avocats Sans Frontières (Lawyers) Braille Without Borders Chemists Without Borders Écoles Sans Frontières (Schools) Engineers Without Borders Lawyers Without Borders Librarians Without Borders Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors) Pharmaciens Sans Frontières (Pharmacists) Reporters Without Borders Sociologists Without Borders Télécoms Sans Frontières (Telecommunications) Translators Without Borders

Sans Frontières/Without Borders NGOs