Papua New Guinea - Foreign media barred from covering Australia's refugee processing centre

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns Papua New Guinea's decision to temporarily ban visits by foreign journalists wanting to cover Australia's plans to reopen an old detention centre on Manus Island – an island belonging to PNG that lies off its northern coast – and use it for processing asylum seekers. "It is vital that journalists should be able to cover this kind of development, especially when it concerns such as sensitive subject as refugees," Reporters Without Borders said. "We urge the (...)

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