Mali - France and Mali urged to let journalists into war zones

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders calls on the Malian and French authorities to allow journalists to freely cover the military operations under way in Mali since 11 January. Both foreign and local journalists have been kept more than 100 km from the fighting ever since the start of the military intervention. “In war time, it is up to journalists and their news organizations, not the military, to determine the risk they are prepared to take in order to gather information,” Reporters Without Borders (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - mercredi 16 janvier 2013