Reporters Without Borders

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Reporters Without Borders, or RWB (French: Reporters sans frontières, or RSF) is an international non-governmental organization devoted to freedom of the press.

RWB is a 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.

Some have questioned RSF/RWB's impartiality due to a significant amount of funding coming directly or indirectly from US and French government bodies [1], [2], [3].

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Worldwide press freedom index

RWB compiles and publishes an annual ranking of most countries based on their press freedom. The 2005 list was published in October 2005. The list is generated based on responses to surveys sent to a number of people from around the world: over a hundred journalists that are members of partner organisations of the RWB, as well as related specialists such as researchers, jurists and human rights activists.

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. The ranking also takes into account pressure on journalists by non-governmental groups, for example the Basque militant group ETA in Spain.

Pos	Country	Score
1	Denmark	0.50
=	Finland	0.50
=	Iceland	0.50
=	Ireland	0.50
=	Netherlands	0.50
=	Norway	0.50
=	Switzerland	0.50
8	Slovakia	0.75
9	Czech Republic	1.00
=	Slovenia	1.00
11	Estonia	1.50
12	Hungary	2.00
=	New Zealand	2.00
=	Sweden	2.00
=	Trinidad and Tobago	2.00
16	Austria	2.50
=	Latvia	2.50
18	Belgium	4.00
=	Germany	4.00
=	Greece	4.00
21	Canada	4.50
=	Lithuania	4.50
23	Portugal	4.83
24	United Kingdom	5.17
25	Benin	5.50
=	Cyprus	5.50
=	Namibia	5.50
28	El Salvador	5.75
29	Cape Verde	6.00
30	France	6.25
31	Australia	6.50
=	South Africa	6.50
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.00
34	Jamaica	7.50
=	Mauritius	7.50
=	Republic of Korea	7.50
37	Japan	8.00
=	Mali	8.00
39	Hong Kong	8.25
40	Spain	8.33
41	Costa Rica	8.50
42	Italy	8.67
43	Republic of Macedonia	8.75
44	United States (American Territory)	9.50
45	Bolivia	9.67
46	Uruguay	9.75
47	Israel	10.00
48	Bulgaria	10.25
49	Mozambique	10.50
50	Chile	11.75
51	Dominican Republic	12.25
=	Taiwan	12.25
53	Northern Cyprus	12.50
=	Mongolia	12.50
=	Poland	12.50
56	Croatia	12.83
57	Niger	13.00
58	Timor-Leste	13.50
59	Argentina	13.67
60	Botswana	14.00
=	Fiji	14.00
62	Albania	14.17
63	Brazil	14.50
=	Tonga	14.50
65	Serbia and Montenegro	14.83
66	Ghana	15.00
=	Panama	15.00
68	Nicaragua	15.25
69	Paraguay	15.50
70	Romania	16.17
71	Republic of the Congo	17.00
=	Guinea-Bissau	17.00
=	Seychelles	17.00
74	Moldova	17.50
=	Tanzania	17.50
76	Angola	18.00
=	Honduras	18.00
78	Burkina Faso	19.00
=	Senegal	19.00
80	Uganda	19.25
81	Lesotho	19.50
82	Central African Republic	19.75
83	Cameroon	20.50
=	Liberia	20.50

Pos	Country	Score
85	Kuwait	21.25
86	Guatemala	21.50
87	Ecuador	21.75
88	Comoros	22.00
89	Malawi	22.75
90	Burundi	23.00
=	Cambodia	23.00
=	Qatar	23.00
=	Venezuela	23.00
=	Zambia	23.00
95	Togo	23.75
96	Jordan	24.00
97	Madagascar	24.50
98	Turkey	25.00
99	Georgia	25.17
100	Kosovo	25.75
=	United Arab Emirates	25.75
102	Armenia	26.00
=	Gabon	26.00
=	Guinea	26.00
=	Indonesia	26.00
106	India	27.00
107	Thailand	28.00
108	Lebanon	28.25
109	Chad	30.00
=	Kenya	30.00
111	Kyrgyzstan	32.00
112	Ukraine	32.50
113	Malaysia	33.00
=	Tajikistan	33.00
115	Sri Lanka	33.25
116	Peru	33.33
117	Haiti	33.50
118	Swaziland	35.00
119	Kazakhstan	36.17
=	Morocco	36.17
121	Djibouti	37.00
122	Rwanda	38.00
123	Bahrain	38.75
=	Nigeria	38.75
125	Afghanistan	39.17
126	Sierra Leone	39.50
127	Mauritania	40.00
128	Colombia	40.17
129	Algeria	40.33
130	Gambia	41.00
131	Ethiopia	42.00
132	Palestine	42.50
133	Equatorial Guinea	44.00
=	Sudan	44.00
135	Mexico	45.50
136	Yemen	46.25
137	United States (in Iraq)	48.50
138	Russia	48.67
139	Philippines	50.00
140	Singapore	50.67
141	Azerbaijan	51.00
142	Bhutan	51.50
143	Egypt	52.00
144	Côte d'Ivoire	52.25
145	Syria	55.00
146	Democratic Republic of the Congo	57.33
147	Tunisia	57.50
148	Maldives	58.50
149	Somalia	59.00
150	Pakistan	60.75
151	Bangladesh	61.25
152	Belarus	61.33
153	Zimbabwe	64.25
154	Saudi Arabia	66.00
155	Laos	66.50
=	Uzbekistan	66.50
157	Iraq	67.00
158	Vietnam	73.25
159	People's Republic of China	83.00
160	Nepal	86.75
161	Cuba	87.00
162	Libya	88.75
163	Myanmar	88.83
164	Iran	89.17
165	Turkmenistan	93.50
166	Eritrea	99.75
167	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	109.00