Reporters Borders
Reporters Borders
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The security services should not be obstructing the work of the independent and opposition media in this fashion, as it is contrary to the pledges which the government gave in its recent road map to democracy.
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Now we know Yahoo works regularly and efficiently with the Chinese police.
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The judicial system must guarantee journalists the right to protect their sources so that they can work freely. The government must include journalists in the list of professions that enjoy the right to professional secrecy under the law.
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Once again, the daily Epoch Times is the target of vandalism in very disturbing circumstances.
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The Canadian government is following the bad example set by the U.S. administration if it thinks it can hide the facts from the population. Respect for the grief of the families is of course necessary, but it should not be used as a pretext that is tantamount to censorship.
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If nothing is done to ensure the press is free to do its work, these elections will take place in a climate of intimidation. If the government wants the world to say the elections were free, fair and transparent, it should heed our call for a change in attitude. The Media Centre recently set up to monitor and punish the foreign press is utterly illegitimate and should be disbanded.
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We are very concerned at where this crackdown could lead, because it is gaining pace in the run-up to the Spring festivities.
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We are very concerned at the accusations against them and the harsh sentence proposed. The circumstances of their arrest are very confused and do not clearly establish their guilt. The legal authorities must make every effort to determine the origin of the firebombs, the only evidence against them. The judge has hastily declared the matter secret and is blocking all openness.
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This degree of violence is completely unacceptable from a parliamentarian, but all the more so when he is the vice-president of a commission that is supposed to promote dialogue with the indigenous communities.
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As a matter of principle, the media should never be subject to constraint by the police or the courts, even when limited to a criminal investigation.
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These comments come under the heading of freedom of expression and we consider that you cannot condemn someone simply on the basis of their statements.
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The supreme court stirred up trouble with its recent decision supporting a government ordinance cracking down hard on the press, and it is now time for the Nepalese judicial system to put itself at the forefront of the struggle to ensure respect for the constitution and civil liberties.
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At an earlier hearing he had been handed down a sentence, since cancelled, of 30 years imprisonment on exactly the same charge.
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Does the fact that this corporation operates under Chinese law free it from all ethical considerations? How far will it go to please Beijing?