View source for Reporters Without Borders

{{short description|International organisation for freedom of the press}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Reporters Without Borders
| native_name              = Reporters Sans Frontières
| native_name_lang         = fr
| image                    = RSF 2020 logo min.svg
| image_border             = 
| size                     = 200px
| caption                  = Logo since 2020
| map                      = 
| msize                    = 
| mcaption                 = 
| motto                    = 
| 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
| membership               = 
| leader_title             = Director General
| leader_name              = {{ill|Thibaut Bruttin|qid=Q122872391}}<br />(since November 2024)
| key_people               = Thibaut Bruttin, Secretary General<br /> [[Pierre Haski]], President RSF France<br /> Mickael Rediske, President RSF Germany<br /> {{ill|Christian Mihr|qid=Q113773605}}, CEO RSF Germany<br /> {{Interlanguage link|Rubina Möhring|de|Rubina Möhring}}, President RSF Austria<br /> {{Interlanguage link|Alfonso Armada (writer)|es|Alfonso Armada (escritor)}}, President RSF Spain<br /> Gérard Tschopp, President RSF Switzerland<br /> {{Interlanguage link|Erik Halkjær|sv|Erik Halkjær}}, President, RSF Sweden<br />  {{Interlanguage link|Jarmo Mäkelä|fi|Jarmo Mäkelä (toimittaja)}}, President, RSF Finland
| num_staff                = Approximately 100
| budget                   = €6 million (RSF France)
| website                  = {{Official URL}}
}}
[[File:Torch relay press freedom.jpg|thumb|Protest action in Paris, April 2008, displaying a 'Reporters Without Borders (RSF)' flag depicting the Olympic rings in the form of handcuffs or padlocks, along with the legend 'Beijing 2008']]
'''Reporters Without Borders''' ('''RWB'''; {{langx|fr|Reporters sans frontières}}; '''RSF''') is an international [[non-profit]] and [[non-governmental organisation|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.<ref>RSF Annual Report 2018, p5</ref> RSF has consultative status at the [[United Nations]], [[UNESCO]], the [[Council of Europe]], and the [[Organisation internationale de la Francophonie|International Organisation of the Francophonie]].<ref name="RSFPresentation">{{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>

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 language|French]], [[English language|English]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Standard Chinese|Chinese]] and publishes an annual press freedom round up, the [[World Press Freedom Index]], that measures the state of media freedom in 180 countries.<ref>{{Cite news |last=France-Presse |first=Agence |date=2016-04-20 |title='Era of propaganda': press freedom in decline, says Reporters Without Borders |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/20/era-of-propaganda-press-freedom-in-decline-says-reporters-without-borders |access-date=2025-08-21 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> 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.<ref>RSF Annual Report 2018, pp14-16</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=August 2025}} In addition, RSF keeps a yearly count of journalists killed on the job.

==Organization==
{{Primary sources|section|date=August 2025}}[[File:Reporters Without Borders.svg|thumb|Logo before 2020]]
[[File:Siège de RSF.jpeg|thumb|Head office in [[Paris]]]]
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.<ref name="RSFPresentation"/> 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.<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=25 November 2024 |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=26 November 2024 |access-date=31 December 2024 |website=RSF |language=en}}</ref>

RSF's head office is based in [[Paris]]. As of 2018, it has 13 regional and national offices, including [[Brussels]], [[London]], [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], [[Berlin]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Taipei]] and [[Dakar]], and a network of 146 correspondents with 57 salaried staff in Paris and internationally.<ref>RSF Annual Report 2018, p. 10</ref> As of 2016, 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> while an International Council has oversight of its activities and approves the 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>

In August 2025, the [[Prosecutor General of Russia|Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation]] declared RSF an "[[Russian undesirable organizations law|undesirable organization]]" in Russia, effectively banning operations within the country.<ref>{{cite news |date=2025-08-14 |title=«Репортеров без границ» и «Группу 36» признали «нежелательными организациями» в России |url=https://ovd.info/express-news/2025/08/14/reporterov-bez-granic-i-gruppu-36-priznali-nezhelatelnymi-organizaciyami-v |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250814215044/https://ovd.info/express-news/2025/08/14/reporterov-bez-granic-i-gruppu-36-priznali-nezhelatelnymi-organizaciyami-v |archive-date=2025-08-14 |access-date=2025-08-14 |work=[[OVD-Info]] |language=ru}}</ref>

==Initiatives==
[[File:Press freedom 2025.svg|400px|thumb|
'''2025 World Press Freedom Index'''<ref>{{cite web |year=2025 |title=2025 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}}]]

===World Press Freedom Index===
{{Main|World Press Freedom Index|}}
{{See also|List of sovereign states in Europe by Press Freedom Index|List of freedom indices}}

=== Journalism Trust Initiative ===
{{See also|The Trust Project}}

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).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 March 2020 |title=RSF and partners launch a public consultation on the Journalism Trust Initiative |url=https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-and-partners-launch-public-consultation-journalism-trust-initiative |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115172848/https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-and-partners-launch-public-consultation-journalism-trust-initiative |archive-date=15 January 2020 |access-date=2 March 2020 |website=RSF}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 August 2023 |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=2 May 2025 |website=Colorado Public Radio |language=en}}</ref> The indicators focus on [[Media transparency|transparency]], good governance and accountability.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 May 2021 |title=Ethical audits: a powerful tool for enhanced transparency and good governance |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/ethical-audits-powerful-tool-enhanced-transparency-and-good-governance |website=UNESCO}}</ref> JTI distinguishes itself from similar initiatives by focusing on the process of journalism rather than content alone. JTI standards have been used to inform standards for policies in Canada and the European Union.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Lauren |date=2 January 2025 |title=What We're Watching in 2025 |url=https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/2025_what_watching_journalism_media.php |access-date=8 August 2025 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}}</ref>

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

RSF has published the [[Munich Charter]], an authoritative document which clarifies the "Rights and Obligations" of Journalists. The Charter was initially developed by the [[Deutscher Journalisten-Verband|German Journalist Association]] and first 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=Declaration of Rights and Obligations of Journalists|website=RSF|access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=August 2025}}

During 2017, some global advocacy and practical interventions included: opening a centre for women journalists in Afghanistan, 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-02 |title=Eiffel Tower goes dark in memory of murdered journalists - Extra.ie |url=https://extra.ie/2018/11/02/business/eiffel-tower-dark-murdered-journalists |access-date=2025-10-29 |language=en-GB}}</ref><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>{{Primary source inline|date=August 2025}} 

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><ref>{{Cite news |last=Reporter |first=Staff |date=2022-08-21 |title=Media freedom in peril in India, says Satheesan |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/media-freedom-in-peril-in-india-says-satheesan/article65794399.ece |access-date=2025-08-16 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-13 |title=Hungary Paid Dennis Prager $30,000 for an Hour of Appearances at Far-Right 'Education' Conference |url=https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/hungary-paid-dennis-prager-30000-hour-appearances-far-right-education-conference/ |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=India: Tax raids expose government's media intimidation – DW – 07/27/2021 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/india-tax-raids-expose-governments-media-intimidation/a-58656617 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> It also has maintained 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><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-03 |title=Freedom of Expression in Pakistan Continues to Face Challenges |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/freedom-expression-pakistan-continues-face-challenges/4376718.html |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}</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><ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-03-12 |title=Access to blocked sites restored by Reporters Without Borders |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31836330 |access-date=2025-08-16 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-16 |title=How Putin's war has changed journalism in exile |url=https://corporate.dw.com/en/one-year-in-how-putins-war-has-changed-journalism-in-exile/a-64708915 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Deutsche Welle |language=en}}</ref> RSF offers grants to journalists at risk and supports media workers in need of refuge and protection. 

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|Collateral Freedom]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 February 2016 |title=2020 World Day Against Cyber-Censorship : RSF compiles Digital Predator list, unblocks more censored websites |url=https://rsf.org/en/2020-world-day-against-cyber-censorship-rsf-compiles-digital-predator-list-unblocks-more-censored |url-status=live |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 |archive-date=27 September 2020 |access-date=31 March 2020 |website=RSF}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Beaumont |first=Peter |date=2020-03-12 |title=List of world's worst 'digital predators' stretches from India and Brazil to US |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/12/list-of-worlds-worst-digital-predators-stretches-from-india-and-brazil-to-us |access-date=2025-08-16 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> 

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.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 April 2020 |title=Coronavirus pandemic 'amplifies press freedom threats' |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20200421-coronavirus-pandemic-amplifies-press-freedom-threats |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429060234/https://www.france24.com/en/20200421-coronavirus-pandemic-amplifies-press-freedom-threats |archive-date=29 April 2020 |access-date=21 September 2020 |agency=FRANCE24}}</ref><ref name=":82">{{Cite web |date=2025-06-19 |title=RSF condemns rise in attacks on UK-based Iranian journalists and their families in Iran {{!}} RSF |url=https://rsf.org/en/rsf-condemns-rise-attacks-uk-based-iranian-journalists-and-their-families-iran |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=rsf.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-04-17 |title="Watch out because we're coming for you": An RSF report on unprecedented transnational repression of Iranian journalists in the UK {{!}} RSF |url=https://rsf.org/en/watch-out-because-we-re-coming-you-rsf-report-unprecedented-transnational-repression-iranian |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=rsf.org |language=en}}</ref>[[File:Can Dündar prix RSF Strasbourg 17 novembre 2015.jpg|thumb|''[[Cumhuriyet]]''<nowiki/>'s former editor-in-chief [[Can Dündar]] receiving the 2015 RSF Prize. Shortly thereafter, he was arrested.]]

On 22 December 2023, RSF filed a complaint with the [[International Criminal Court]] over the [[Killing of journalists in the Gaza war|killing]] of seven Palestinian journalists, including [[Samer Abu Daqqa]].<ref>{{cite news |title=RSF files second war crimes complaint with ICC over Gaza journalists killed |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/22/rsf-files-second-war-crimes-complaint-with-icc-over-gaza-journalists-killed |work=Al Jazeera |date=22 December 2023}}</ref>

In March 2025 the release of four journalists were named by RWB as one of that year's priority campaign. They were [[Frenchie Mae Cumpio]] of the Philippines, [[Sandra Muhoza]] of Burundi, [[Sevinj Vagifgizi]] of Azerbaijan and [[Phạm Đoan Trang]] of Vietnam.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-09 |title=RSF kêu gọi trả tự do cho Phạm Đoan Trang & ba nhà báo khác trong chiến dịch 2025 |url=https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/chinh-tri/2025/03/09/rsf-keu-goi-tra-tu-do-do-nha-bao-doan-trang/ |access-date=2025-09-22 |website=Tiếng Việt |language=vi}}</ref>

=== Prizes ===

==== Press Freedom Prize ====
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mioli |first=Teresa |date=2017-10-27 |title=Colombian, Mexican and Salvadoran journalists and media outlets among nominees for RSF-TV5 Press Freedom Prize |url=https://latamjournalismreview.org/articles/colombian-mexican-and-salvadoran-journalists-and-media-outlets-among-nominees-for-rsf-tv5-press-freedom-prize/ |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=LatAm Journalism Review by the Knight Center |language=en}}</ref> [[TV5Monde]] and [[Le Monde]] have previously been partners in the prize.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-12-20 |title=Reporters Without Borders Honors Afghan Newspaper, Syrian Journalist |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-newspaper-syrian-journalist-media-freedom-award/24803597.html |access-date=2025-08-16 |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |language=en}}</ref>[[File:Tunisia24.jpg|thumb|RWB 2011 Netizen Prize]]In 2018, RSF launched new categories for the Press Freedom Prize: courage, independence and impact.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

'''Winners:'''
* 1992 Zlatko Dizdarevic, Bosnia-Herzegovina
* 1993 [[Wang Juntao]], China
* 1994 [[André Sibomana]], Rwanda
* 1995 [[Chris Anyanwu|Christina Anyanwu]], Nigeria
* 1996 [[Ocak Işık Yurtçu|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; [[Daily News (Harare)|The Daily News]], Zimbabwe; [[Michèle Montas]], 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; [[Liu Xiaobo]], China
* 2005 [[Zhao Yan (journalist)|Zhao Yan]], China; [[TOLO (TV channel)|Tolo TV]], Afghanistan; [[National Union of Somali Journalists|National Union of Somalian Journalists]], Somalia; [[Massoud Hamid]], Syria
* 2006 [[Win Tin]], Burma; [[Novaya Gazeta]], Russia; [[Guillermo Fariñas|Guillermo Fariñas Hernández]], Cuba
* 2007 [[Seyoum Tsehaye]], Eritrea; [[Democratic Voice of Burma]], Burma; [[Kareem Amer]], Egypt; [[Hu Jia (activist)|Hu Jia]], [[Zeng Jinyan]], China
* 2008 [[Ricardo González Alfonso|Ricardo Gonzales Alfonso]], 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> [[Zarganar]] and [[Nay Phone Latt]], Burma
* 2009 [[Amira Hass]], 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> [[Shabelle Media Network|Radio Shabelle]], Somalia
* 2011 [[Ali Farzat|Ali Ferzat]], Syria; [[Weekly Eleven|Weekly Eleven News]], Burma
* 2012 [[Mazen Darwish]], 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> [[Uthayan]], Sri Lanka
* 2014 [[Sanjuana Martínez]], Mexico; [[FrontPage Africa]], Liberia; [[Raif Badawi]], Saudi Arabia
* 2015 [[Zaina Erhaim|Zeina Erhaim]], Syria; [[Zone 9 bloggers|Zone9]], Ethiopia; [[Cumhuriyet]], Turkey
* 2016 [[Hadi al-Abdullah|Hadi Abdullah]], Syria; [[64Tianwang]], China; Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu, China<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-11-09 |title=Chinese Activists Welcome Press Freedom Award to Bloggers, Rights Website |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/media-award-11092016145040.html |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Radio Free Asia |language=en}}</ref>
* 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|Eman al Nafjan]], Saudi Arabia; [[Phạm Đoan Trang|Pham Doan Trang]], Vietnam; [[Caroline Muscat]], Malta<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-13 |title=Vietnamese Blogger Wins Press Freedom Award |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/press-freedom_vietnamese-blogger-wins-press-freedom-award/6175798.html |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}</ref>
* 2020 [[Lina Attalah]], Egypt; [[Elena Milashina]], Belarus; [[Jimmy Lai]], Hong Kong
* 2021 [[Zhang Zhan]], China; [[Pegasus Project (investigation)|Pegasus Project]] of the network [[Forbidden Stories]], France; [[Majdoleen Hassona]], Palestine
'''''Netizen Prize'''''

A [[World Day Against Cyber Censorship#Netizen Prize|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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Yasmine |title=Dissident blog true to form |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2011/5/13/tunisias-dissident-blog-stays-true-to-form |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>

==== ''Press freedom predator list'' ====
RSF also lists the world's worst [[Press freedom predator|press freedom 'predators']] every few years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 July 2021 |title=Pakistan rejects naming of PM Khan as press freedom 'predator' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/7/pakistan-imran-khan-press-freedom-predator |access-date=10 February 2023 |work=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref>

== Publications ==
{{See also|The Uncensored Library}}
In addition to its country, regional and thematic reports, RSF publishes a photography book 100 Photos for Press Freedom as a tool for advocacy and a fundraiser.<ref>{{Cite web |last=swissinfo.ch |first=S. W. I. |date=2012-05-03 |title=Press freedom under threat |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/aging-society/press-freedom-under-threat/32586718 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=en}}</ref> The organization says it raised nearly a quarter of its funds in 2018 from book sales.<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>

=== Annual reports ===
RSF issues a report annually. RSF said that 110 journalists were killed in the course of their work in 2015.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</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 |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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

== 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.<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 [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (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>
* 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}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Golden Doves for Peace |url=https://www.archiviodisarmo.it/golden-doves-for-peace.html |access-date=29 April 2025 |website=www.archiviodisarmo.it}}</ref>
* 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.<ref>[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</ref>
* 2006: received the "Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award" from [[Taiwan Foundation for Democracy]].<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 [[Swedish Publicists' Association]].<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 [[Arab American Institute|Arab American Institute Foundation]].<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 "[[Roland Berger]] Human Dignity Award" with Iranian human rights lawyer and [[List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates|Nobel peace laureate]] [[Shirin Ebadi]].<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>{{Primary source inline|date=August 2025}}
* 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 "[[Freedom of Speech Award]]" from the [[International Association of Press Clubs]], in Warsaw.<ref>[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.</ref>
* 2014: [[Bonn|City of Bonn]]'s 2014 DemokratiePreis.<ref name="RSFPresentation"/>{{Primary source inline|date=August 2025}}
* 2019: [[Dan David Prize]], Defending Democracy, jointly with [[Michael Ignatieff]].<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><ref>{{Cite web |last=Abunimah |first=Ali |date=2 June 2019 |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) |url=https://www.legrandsoir.info/reporters-sans-frontieres-recoit-le-prix-du-regime-assassin-de-journalistes-the-electronic-intifada.html |url-status=live |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 |archive-date=29 September 2020 |access-date=5 March 2020 |website=Le Grand Soir}}</ref>
* 2024: Foundation Day Honorary Award, [[Hasselt University]] (Belgium)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorary doctorate recipients |url=https://www.uhasselt.be/en/about-hasselt-university/our-history/honorary-doctorate-recipients |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=UHasselt |language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Freedom of speech|Journalism}}
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=no}}
* [[Avocats Sans Frontières]]
* [[Committee to Protect Journalists]]
* [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]
* [[Freedom of speech]]
* [[Freedom of the Press Foundation]]
* [[Internet censorship]]
* [[Political repression of cyber-dissidents]]
* [[Safety of journalists]]{{div col end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Reporters Without Borders}}
* {{official website}}
{{Censorship}}
{{Sakharov Prize 2001-2025}}
{{Internet censorship}}
{{Sansfrontieres}}
{{Portal bar|Freedom of speech|France|Journalism}}
{{authority control}}
<!--{{Politics country lists}}- This is broken-->

[[Category:International human rights organizations]]
[[Category:International organisations based in France]]
[[Category:Freedom of expression organizations]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1985]]
[[Category:International journalism organizations]]
[[Category:Political advocacy groups in France]]
[[Category:Internet-related activism]]
[[Category:1985 establishments in France]]
[[Category:Sakharov Prize laureates]]
[[Category:Organizations listed in Russia as undesirable]]