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(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has hailed a foreign ministry decision, taken under international pressure, to loosen regulations for foreign journalists working in China. From the beginning of January 2007 until October 2008, foreign journalists with accreditation for the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be able to travel freely throughout China, including Tibet and Xinjiang. "The...

(IFJ/IFEX) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has slammed moves by the Fijian military to crackdown on the media in the final stages of the military coup in Fiji, which stripped Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase of his powers and removed him from the capital. IFJ sources at Fiji TV and the Fiji Times confirmed that military personnel moved into the newsrooms of media outlets late...

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has voiced alarm that Malaysia could introduce repressive legislation on the Internet after the science and technology minister, Kong Cho Ha, said the government planned new rules to block its malicious use and prevent bloggers from posting news jeopardising social harmony. "The government of Abdullah Badawi seems to want to impose on the Internet the same...

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Ahmed Rodríguez Albacia of the Jóvenes sin Censura independent news agency, who was arrested by the State Security police on 4 December 2006 in Havana. The organisation also condemned the four-year prison sentence passed on independent journalist Raymundo Perdigón Brito on 5 December for being a "pre...

(IFJ/IFEX) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is disturbed by Sri Lankan journalists' continued suffering at the hands of authorities, after two journalists were detained by the military and police assaulted a photojournalist, while another journalist remains in detention under anti-terrorist legislation. "The situation in Sri Lanka continues to deteriorate with these latest press...

(IAPA/IFEX) - MIAMI, Florida (December 6, 2006) - The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today called the present wave of violence being unleashed against journalists in Mexico "an alarming situation" and reiterated its concern at the disappearance of a newsman in Michoacán and death threats made against two others in Veracruz. "It is urgent that the government of Mexico, news media and...

Peshawar --- Newsmen from tribal areas on Wednesday narrated harrowing incidents of intimidation at the hands of political authorities and militants now holding sway in the region. They claimed that they had been harassed and even restricted from performing their duties by rival groups, adding that several of them had been compelled to leave the region. Journalists representing various national...

PARIS: Media rights group Reporters Without Borders denounced Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev for the "recent deterioration of press freedom" in his country, in an open letter made public Tuesday. The Paris-based media watchdog criticized the Nov. 24 evictions of three media outlets — the Turan news agency and Azadlig and Bizim Yol newspapers — and also the Oct. 24 announcement by Azerbaijan's...

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders expressed shock at a six-month prison sentence handed down to publisher Clément Adéchian and editor Cécil Adjévi, of the privately-owned daily "L'Informateur", together with a fine of 500,000 FCFA (752 euros) for "defamation". The two journalists were arrested and sentenced on 1 December 2006 on the basis of a complaint from a bailiff, Maxime Bankolé, who had...

(MFWA/IFEX) - On 15 November 2006, a group of sympathizers of President Joao Bernardo Vieira besieged Radio Bombolom, an independent radio station based in Bissau, the capital, and forced journalist Antonio Iaia Seidi to disclose a source of information. The angry group also forcibly broadcast a rejoinder to an earlier story filed by Seidi. The MFWA's correspondent said that the group, which...