Reporters Without Borders

Burma Military government urged to issue press visas to foreign media

6.05.2008 - Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association call on the Burmese government to grant visas to foreign journalists who want to go and cover the aftermath of the cyclone that has devastated the south of the country and Rangoon. They also call for the lifting of prior censorship for the Burmese news media.

	12.05 - Vietnam Three pro-democracy activists to be tried in Ho Chi Minh City

	9.05 - Malaysia Online newspaper editor freed on bail, pending trial on sedition charge

	8.05 - China - Beijing Olympics Reporters Without Borders speaks at Adidas shareholders meeting, held three months before start of games

	7.05 - China Repression of journalists continues with two more arrests

	7.05 - China Reporters Without Borders condemns attacks on the organisation in the Chinese press and Internet

	7.05 - Australia Police raid on Perth newspaper highlights need to protect confidentiality of sources


	9.05 - Iraq: BBC’s Baghdad bureau hit by rocket, no one hurtb - Iran : authorities block access to critical blog for fourth time - Burma : press free to give only one-sided account of disaster relief work - Somalia : Puntland radio station owner arrested for “inciting violence”

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	10.10.2007 - China A “Journey to the Heart of Internet censorship” on eve of party congress
	24.08.2007 - Sri Lanka "Jaffna’s media in the grip of terror"
	19.07.2006 - Maldives A vibrant media under pressure: an independent assessment of press freedom in the Maldives