Reporters Without Borders, or RWB (French: Reporters sans frontières, Spanish: Reporteros Sin Fronteras, or RSF) is a French origin international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press, founded by its current general-secretary, Robert Menard. Image File history File links RSF_trilingual. ... A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a non-profit group or association that acts outside of institutionalized political structures and pursues matters of interest to its members by lobbying, persuasion, or direct action. ... Freedom of the press (or press freedom) is the guarantee by a government of free public press for its citizens and their associations, extended to members of news gathering organizations, and their published reporting. ...

Press freedom

Although small in size, RWB has been recognized for the frequent issuing of reports and press releases on press freedom.

Reporters Without Borders states that it draws its inspiration from Article 19 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states that 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 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (also UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/217, December 10, 1948 at Palais de Chaillot, Paris), outlining the organizations view on the human... The European Convention on Human Rights (1950) was adopted under the auspices of the Council of Europe† to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms. ...

Reporters Without Borders published the Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents in September 2005. The handbook provides technical tips on how to start a blog anonymously and avoid censorship. It includes contributions from renowned journalists Dan Gillmor, Jay Rosen and Ethan Zuckerman. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in September September 28 : Constance Baker Motley September 25 : M. Scott Peck September 25 : Don Adams September 20 : Simon Wiesenthal September 14 : Robert Wise September 10 : Hermann Bondi September 8 : Donald Horne September 7 : Moussa Arafat... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Censorship is basically the editing, removing, or otherwise changing speech and other forms of human expression. ... Dan Gillmor is a noted American technology writer and former columnist for the San Jose Mercury News. ... Jay Rosen (born in Buffalo, New York) is a press critic, a writer, and a professor of journalism at New York University. ... Ethan Zuckerman is a co-founder of Tripod and the founder of Geekcorps. ...

Reporters Without Borders is a founding member of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange, a virtual network of non-governmental organisations that monitors free expression violations worldwide and campaigns to defend journalists, writers and others who are persecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression. International Freedom of Expression eXchange. ... Freedom of speech is the right to freely say what one pleases, as well as the related right to hear what others have stated. ...

In 2005, Reporters Without Borders 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.^[1] The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, was established in December 1985 by the European Parliament as a means to honour individuals or organizations who had dedicated their lives to the defence of human rights and freedoms. ... Hauwa Ibrahim is a Nigerian human rights lawyer who won the European Parliaments Sakharov Prize in 2005. ... Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco) is an opposition movement in Cuba that unites the spouses and other relatives of dissidents jailed by the government of Fidel Castro. ...

Criticisms

The impartiality of Reporters Without Borders is not universally accepted. A significant amount of funding (19% of total) comes from certain western governments and organisations.^[2][3][4] However, RWB has openly criticized Western countries for their treatment of reporters (e.g. the United States' occupation of Iraq).

Some people sympathetic with Cuba are highly critical of an apparent RWB anti-Castro bias. Lucie Morillon, RWB's Washington representative, confirmed in an interview on 29 April 2005 that the organization receives money from the Washington-based Center for a Free Cuba ($50,000 in 2004), and that a contract with the US State Department's Special Envoy to the Western Hemisphere, Otto Reich, 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.^[5] 1.3% of total funding come from this source.^[2] In addition, RWB receives free publicity from Saatchi and Saatchi, a member of the world's fourth-largest marketing and public relations conglomerate, Publicis Groupe. It has been noted that a major Publicis client is Bacardi, which has been at the forefront of financing anti-Castro groups.^[6] A judge stopped the organization from using a copyrighted image of Ernesto Che Guevara.^[7] RWB has been described as an 'ultrareactionary' organization by the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, Granma. // Castro is an Iberian word coming from Latin castrum, a fortification. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Otto Reich Otto Juan Reich (b. ... Saatchi & Saatchi is an advertising agency founded by brothers Maurice (now Lord Saatchi) and art collector Charles, most famous for their campaign on behalf of the Conservative Party before the 1979 UK general election and for the adverts for British Airways and other state owned interests privatised by the Conservatives... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... Che Guevara Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna (May 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary and Cuban guerrilla leader. ... Granma is the ship that transported the fighters of the Cuban Revolution to Cuba in 1956. ...

Some critics find RWB's reporting of press freedom in Haiti during and after Jean-Bertrand Aristide presidency suspect, arguing that it is biased due funding from the United States.^[8] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Reporters Without Borders have called on the US government to free two journalists it said were being unjustly held at a US prison in Iraq, and at the US military base in Guantanamo, Cuba.^[9] However, some critics find it questionable that this was only mentioned in 2006. They also claim that RSF supported the invasion of Iraq, even celebrating the illegal bombing of the ministry of information, a civilian target, whitewashed the U.S. killing of Telecinco Cameraman Jose couso and Reuters Cameraman Taras Protsyuk, and have remained silent about about AP Journalist Bilal Hussein who has been imprisoned by occupation troops.^[10] However, this is contradicted by statements made by the RSF.^[11][12]

Worldwide press freedom index

RWB compiles and publishes an annual ranking of countries based upon the organization's assessment of their press freedom records. Small countries, such as Malta, and Andorra, are excluded from this report. The 2006 list was published on 24 October 2006. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1355x651, 58 KB) The map is based on the map originally created by User:Astrokey44. ...

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.^[13]

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. The ranking also states it takes into account pressure on journalists by non-governmental groups, for example the Basque terrorist group ETA in Spain or the Mafia in Russia, or pressure groups that can pose a real threat to press freedom. Capital Vitoria-Gasteiz Official languages Basque and Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 14th  7 234 km²  1,4% Population  â€“ Total (2005)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 7th  2 124 846  4,9%  293,73/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  â€“ Basque  Basque  vasco/a euskal herritar, euskaldun GDP GDP/Cápita 30. ... ETA symbol or ETA (Basque for Basque Homeland and Freedom; IPA pronunciation: [) is a paramilitary Basque nationalist organization listed as a terrorist organization both by the European Union and the United States in their watchlists on the matter. ...

A higher number in the ranking means more restraints on freedom of the press.

Yearly worldwide press freedom ranking of countries published by Reporters Without Borders
Rank Country Index 2006 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 1  Finland 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 1  Iceland 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 1  Ireland 0.50 0.50 0.50 2.83 1.00 1  Netherlands 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 5  Czech Republic 0.75 1.00 3.50 2.50 11.25 6  Estonia 2.00 1.50 2.00 2.50   6  Norway 2.00 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 8  Slovakia 2.50 0.75 0.50 2.50   8  Switzerland 2.50 0.50 0.50 2.50 4.25 10  Hungary 3.00 2.00 6.00 3.33 6.50 10  Latvia 3.00 2.50 1.00 2.25   10  Portugal 3.00 4.83 4.50 5.17 1.50 10  Slovenia 3.00 1.00 2.25 3.00 4.00 14  Belgium 4.00 4.00 4.00 1.17 3.50 14  Sweden 4.00 2.00 2.00 1.50 1.50 16  Austria 4.50 2.50 3.25 2.75 7.50 16  Bolivia 4.50 9.67 20.00 9.67 14.50 16  Canada 4.50 4.50 3.33 1.83 0.75 19  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.00 7.00 3.67 6.83 12.50 19  Denmark 5.00 0.50 0.50 1.00 3.00 19  New Zealand 5.00 2.00 0.67 2.83   19  Trinidad and Tobago 5.00 2.00 2.00 1.00   23  Benin 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.25 6.00 23  Germany 5.50 4.00 2.00 1.33 1.50 23  Jamaica 5.50 7.50 4.17 3.33   26  Namibia 6.00 5.50 10.00 11.00 8.00 27  Lithuania 6.50 4.50 3.00 2.83   27  United Kingdom 6.50 5.17 6.00 4.25 6.00 29  Costa Rica 6.67 8.50 7.63 3.83 4.25 30  Cyprus (Republic of Cyprus) 7.50 5.50 22.00 20.83   31  Republic of Korea 7.75 7.50 11.13 9.17 10.50 32  Greece 8.00 4.00 7.00 6.00 5.00 32  Mauritius 8.00 7.50 10.50 7.25 9.50 34  Ghana 8.50 15.00 13.50 8.75 23.00 35  Australia 9.00 6.50 9.50 9.25 3.50 35  Bulgaria 9.00 10.25 8.00 6.50 9.75 35  France 9.00 6.25 3.50 4.17 3.25 35  Mali 9.00 8.00 12.83 11.00 12.50 39  Panama 9.50 15.00 14.50 9.75 15.50 40  Italy 9.90 8.67 9.00 9.75 11.00 41  El Salvador 10.00 5.75 6.00 6.83 8.75 41  Spain 10.00 8.33 9.00 7.67 7.75 43  Republic of China (Taiwan) 10.50 12.25 14.25 12.00 9.00 44  South Africa 11.25 6.50 5.00 3.33 7.50 45  Cape Verde 11.50 6.00 8.75 8.25 13.75 45  Republic of Macedonia 11.50 8.75 11.25 9.67   45  Mozambique 11.50 10.50 16.25 14.00 23.50 45  Serbia and Montenegro 11.50 14.83 20.13 21.33 20.75 49  Chile 11.63 11.75 10.00 6.83 6.50 50  Israel 12.00 10.00 8.00 8.00 30.00    Grenada     12.00     51  Japan 12.50 8.00 10.00 8.00 7.50 52  Dominican Republic 12.75 12.25 6.75 17.00   53  Botswana 13.00 14.00 11.50 13.00   53  Croatia 13.00 12.83 11.83 16.50 8.75 53  Tonga 13.00 14.50 38.17     53  United States (American territory) 13.00 9.50 4.00 6.00 4.75 57  Uruguay 13.75 9.75 10.00 4.00 6.00 58  Fiji 14.00 14.00 16.00 11.50   58  Hong Kong 14.00 8.25 7.50 11.00 4.83 58  Poland 14.00 12.50 6.83 6.17 7.75 58  Romania 14.00 16.17 17.83 11.50 13.25 62  Central African Republic 14.50 19.75 32.50 32.75 21.50 62 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 14.50 12.50   62  Guinea-Bissau 14.50 17.00 23.50 35.25 30.25 62  Honduras 14.50 18.00 11.75 14.17   66  Madagascar 15.00 24.50 18.50 8.17 22.75 66  Togo 15.00 23.75 19.50 27.50 31.50 68  Ecuador 15.25 21.75 16.50 7.67 5.50 69  Nicaragua 15.50 15.25 11.67 6.50   70  Burkina Faso 16.00 19.00 16.25 18.00 27.75 70  Kosovo 16.00 25.75       70  Lesotho 16.00 19.50 29.50 17.75   73  Republic of the Congo 17.00 17.00 17.50 14.00 23.17 73  Kuwait 17.00 21.25 31.67 31.33 25.50 75  Brazil 17.17 14.50 16.50 16.75 18.75 76  Argentina 17.30 13.67 21.33 15.17 12.00 77  Mauritania 17.50 40.00 51.00 36.67 41.33 77  Senegal 17.50 19.00 21.50 14.50 14.00 77  United Arab Emirates 17.50 25.75 50.25 37.00   80  Albania 18.00 14.17 11.50 6.50   80  Qatar 18.00 23.00 32.50 35.00   82  Paraguay 18.25 15.50 10.50 7.17 8.50		Rank Country Index 2006 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 83  Timor-Leste 18.50 13.50 13.50 5.50   84  Liberia 19.00 20.50 40.00 40.00 37.75 85  Moldova 19.17 17.50 20.50 27.00   86  Mongolia 19.25 12.50 19.00 18.25 24.50 87  Haiti 19.50 33.50 42.13 31.00 36.50 88  Tanzania 19.82 17.50 14.50 16.50 21.25 89  Georgia 21.00 25.17 27.50 17.33   90  Guatemala 21.25 21.50 16.50 30.83 27.25 91  Angola 21.50 18.00 26.50 28.00 30.17 92  Malaysia 22.25 33.00 39.83 32.00 37.83 93  Comoros 22.50 22.00 26.50 18.50 20.50 93  Zambia 22.50 23.00 29.75 23.25 26.75 95  Niger 24.50 13.00 18.33 15.75 18.50 95  Seychelles 24.50 17.00 23.50 26.75 20.75 97  Morocco 24.83 36.17 43.00 39.67 29.00 98  Bhutan 25.00 51.50 55.83 77.33 90.75 98  Côte d'Ivoire 25.00 52.25 60.38 42.17 19.00 98  Turkey 25.00 25.00 37.25 35.00 33.50 101  Armenia 25.50 26.00 23.50 25.17   101  Malawi 25.50 22.75 31.00 21.00 27.67 103  Indonesia 26.00 26.00 37.75 34.25 20.00 103  Sierra Leone 26.00 39.50 24.50 23.50 24.50 105  India 26.50 27.00 38.50 39.00 26.50 105  Ukraine 26.50 32.50 51.00 40.00 40.00 107  Lebanon 27.00 28.25 24.38 32.50 19.67 108  Cambodia 27.25 23.00 36.50 19.50 24.25 109  Guinea 27.50 26.00 24.50 33.17 26.00 109  Jordan 27.50 24.00 39.13 37.00 33.50 111  Bahrain 28.00 38.75 52.50 35.17 23.00 112  Cameroon 28.25 20.50 27.00 30.50 28.83 112  Peru 28.25 33.33 40.00 10.25 9.50 114  Gabon 28.50 26.00 37.50 31.25 20.50 115  Venezuela 29.00 23.00 24.63 27.83 25.00 116  Uganda 29.83 19.25 24.00 25.75 17.00 117  Tajikistan 30.00 33.00 27.75 34.50 28.25 118  Kenya 30.25 30.00 22.25 18.50 24.75 119  United States (extra-territorial) 31.50 48.50 36.00 41.00   120  Nigeria 32.23 38.75 37.75 31.50 15.50 121  Djibouti 33.00 37.00 55.00 35.50 31.25 122  Thailand 33.50 28.00 14.00 19.67 22.75 123  Kyrgyzstan 34.00 32.00 35.25 32.00 31.75 124  Chad 35.50 30.00 33.25 24.00 28.75    Brunei         38.00 125 Burundi 39.83         126  Algeria 40.00 40.33 43.50 33.00 31.00 127  Swaziland 40.50 35.00 31.00 37.50 29.00 128  Kazakhstan 41.00 36.17 44.17 42.50 42.00 128  Rwanda 41.00 38.00 37.25 34.25 37.50 130  Afghanistan 44.25 39.17 28.25 40.17 35.50 131  Colombia 44.75 40.17 47.38 49.17 40.83 132  Mexico 45.83 45.50 27.83 17.67 24.75 133  Egypt 46.25 52.00 43.50 34.25 34.50 134  Palestine 46.75 42.50 43.17 39.25 27.00 135  Azerbaijan 47.00 51.00 49.67 34.50 34.50 135  Israel (extra-territorial) 47.00   37.50 49.00   137  Bangladesh 48.00 61.25 62.50 46.50 43.75 137  Equatorial Guinea 48.00 44.00 46.25 44.75 42.75 139  Sudan 48.13 44.00 44.25 45.75 36.00 140  Zimbabwe 50.00 64.25 67.50 45.50 48.25 141  Sri Lanka 50.75 33.25 36.50 24.83 15.75 142  Democratic Republic of the Congo 51.00 57.33 51.50 38.50 40.75 142  Philippines 51.00 50.00 36.63 35.25 29.00 144  Maldives 51.25 58.50 69.17 47.50   144  Somalia 51.25 59.00 43.50 45.00   146  Singapore 51.50 50.67 57.00 47.33   147  Russia 52.50 48.67 51.38 49.50 48.00 148  Tunisia 53.75 57.50 62.67 50.83 67.75 149  Gambia 54.00 41.00 29.50 18.25 22.50 149  Yemen 54.00 46.25 48.00 41.83 34.75 151  Belarus 57.00 61.33 54.10 52.00 52.17    Oman       57.75   152  Libya 62.50 88.75 65.00 60.00 72.50 153  Syria 63.00 55.00 67.50 67.50 62.83 154  Iraq 66.83 67.00 58.50 37.50 79.00 155  Vietnam 67.25 73.25 86.88 89.17 81.25 156  Laos 67.50 66.50 64.33 94.83 89.00 157  Pakistan 70.33 60.75 61.75 39.00 44.67 158  Uzbekistan 71.00 66.50 52.13 61.50 45.00 159 Nepal 73.50 86.75 84.00 51.50 63.00 160  Ethiopia 75.00 42.00 37.00 37.50 37.50 161  Saudi Arabia 76.00 66.00 79.17 71.50 62.50 162  Iran 90.88 89.17 78.30 89.33 48.25 163  People's Republic of China (Mainland only) 94.00 83.00 92.33 91.25 97.00 164  Myanmar 94.75 88.83 103.63 95.50 96.83 165  Cuba 95.00 87.00 106.83 97.83 90.25 166  Eritrea 97.50 99.75 93.25 91.50 83.67 167  Turkmenistan 98.50 93.50 99.83 82.83 91.50 168  Democratic People's Republic of Korea 109.00 109.00 107.50 99.50 97.50

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External links

1. ^ European Parliament. Ladies, Ibrahim and Reporters joint Sakharov prize winners
2. ^ ^a b Reporters Without Borders. Income and expenditure
3. ^ Z Magazine. The Reporters Without Borders Fraud
4. ^ The Newspaper Guilt. [1]
5. ^ CounterPunch. Reporters Without Borders Unmasked
6. ^ Rock around the Blockade. Think before you drink: What you should know about Bacardi
7. ^ French court prohibits spurious use of Che’s image in anti-Cuban media campaign
8. ^ CounterPunch. Reporters Without Borders and Washington's Coups
9. ^ Reporters Without Borders. Where the United States imprisons journalists
10. ^ Reporteros Sin Fronteras y sus contradicciones
11. ^ Reporters Without Borders. Detention and murder: the nightmare continues for journalists
12. ^ Reporters Without Borders. Two staff members of Al-Iraqiya television killed by US fire
13. ^ Reporters Without Borders. How the index was compiled

See also

• List of indices of freedom
• Chilling effect
• Media transparency

There are several non-governmental organizations that publish and maintain assessments of the state of freedom in the world and rank countries as being free, partly free, or unfree using various measures of freedom, including political rights, economic rights, and civil liberties. ... A chilling effect is a situation where speech or conduct is suppressed or limited by fear of penalization at the hands of an individual or group. ... Media Transparency is the concept of determining how and why information is conveyed through various means. ...

External links

• Reporters Without Borders
• Reporters Without Borders. Worldwide press freedom index 2002.
• Reporters Without Borders. Worldwide press freedom index 2003.
• Reporters Without Borders. Worldwide press freedom index 2004.
• Reporters Without Borders. Worldwide press freedom index 2005;
• Reporters Without Borders. Worldwide press freedom index 2006.
• The Lies of Reporters without Borders by Salim Lamrani, Réseau Voltaire, 9 September 2005.
• Reporters Without Britches Reporters Without Borders Caught with Their Pants Down, by Carolina Cositore, ZNet, 12 February 2005. Critical article about the political and financial background of Reporters Without Borders.
• Reporters Without Borders Unmasked Its Secret Deal with Otto Reich to Wreck Cuba's Economy, by Diana Barahona, Counterpunch, 17 May 2005)