ComradeSharkfucker

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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • RSF’s budget for 2022 totalled €8m. 52% of the organisation’s income comes from the state sector; 22% from foundations; 12% from commercial activities; 11% from sponsorships and public donations. Foundations supporting RSF’s work through services include the American Express, the Société Générale, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and Ford Foundation.

    In 2005 RSF was reported by The Guardian to have been criticised by left-wing writer Diana Barahona for accepting funding from the National Endowment for Democracy in the US and the Center for a Free Cuba. She accused RSF of being part of “a neocon crusade” against Fidel Castro’s Government of Cuba. In response, Secretary-general Robert Ménard stated that funding from NED totalled 0.92 per cent of RSF’s budget and was used to support African journalists and their families. RSF ceased its relationship with the Center for a Free Cuba in 2008.

    I do not know the full story and cannot speak about state repression in China. It very much does exist but it is worth knowing the funding here.