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== 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:<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, [[Ukraine]] (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, [[Pakistan]] (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> * 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<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 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117225453/https://rsf.org/en/news/reporters-without-borders-awards-vietnamese-blogger-huynh-ngoc-chenh |archive-date=17 January 2021 |access-date=18 December 2020 |website=RSF |language=en}}</ref> * 2014: [[Raif Badawi]], blogger, Saudi Arabia * 2015: [[Zone 9 bloggers|Zone9]], blogger collective, Ethiopia * 2016: Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu, citizen journalists, China<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 August 2017 |title=Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu, the activists who put non news in the news |url=https://clb.org.hk/content/lu-yuyu-and-li-tingyu-activists-who-put-non-news-news |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324223031/https://clb.org.hk/content/lu-yuyu-and-li-tingyu-activists-who-put-non-news-news |archive-date=24 March 2020 |access-date=5 March 2020 |website=CLB}}</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> === Statements === On 22 February 2020, RSF issued a statement condemning the IRGC's call for journalists to be detained in Iran. [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps|IRGC]] intelligence has summoned some journalists{{clarify|date=January 2021}} and banned any media activities. Reporters Without Borders described the IRGC's intelligence action as "arbitrary and illegal" and aimed at "preventing journalists from being informed on social media."<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> 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 |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> On 25 June 2020, RSF issued a statement entitled "Enforced online repentance, Iran's new method of repression". According to the report, the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps|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.<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}}
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