Reporters Without Borders

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

Related Topics:
French - Freedom of the press

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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.

Related Topics:
International Freedom of Expression Exchange - Freedom of expression

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Some have questioned RSF/RWB's impartiality due to a significant amount of funding coming directly or indirectly from US and French government bodies http://www.counterpunch.org/barahona05172005.html, http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=45&ItemID=7851, http://www.newsguild.org/gr/gr_display.php?storyID=2213.

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