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Papua New Guinea – Grenade-wielding police officer threatens newspaper reporter
Reporters Without Borders condemns the death threats that Patrick Talu, a reporter for the Post-Courier newspaper, received from police officers brandishing guns and a hand-grenade at a meeting yesterday in the capital, Port Moresby, between officials and landowners opposed to a controversial gas pipeline project. “Urgent steps must be taken to a stop this kind of abuse of authority and to ensure that the news media are not in any danger while doing their job of informing the public,” (…)
Papua New Guinea \ Une - Asie - 1
Papua New Guinea – Grenade-wielding police officer threatens newspaper reporter
Reporters Without Borders condemns the death threats that Patrick Talu, a reporter for the Post-Courier newspaper, received from police officers brandishing guns and a hand-grenade at a meeting yesterday in the capital, Port Moresby, between officials and landowners opposed to a controversial gas pipeline project. “Urgent steps must be taken to a stop this kind of abuse of authority and to ensure that the news media are not in any danger while doing their job of informing the public,” (…)
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Papua New Guinea – Public media must be free of government pressure
Reporters Without Borders deplores yesterday’s suspension of Dorah Masseung, the executive news director of the country’s main public radio broadcaster, the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), as a result of presumed pressure from the authorities amid a political crisis. Her removal was followed by a directive from the station’s management requiring all reports on political or sensitive matters to be checked by two newly promoted members of the newsroom before being broadcast. “We (…)
