Indonesia - British journalists face five years in prison for filming without permit

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the prosecution of British journalists Rebecca Prosser and Neil Bonner, who were arrested by the Indonesia navy in the Malacca Strait on 28 May for filming without a press visa and whose trial began yesterday. RSF calls on the Indonesian authorities to stop abusing its draconian immigration legislation and to drop the proceedings against these two journalists. After being held for 125 days on the island of Batam, Prosser and Bonner appeared (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - mardi 29 septembre 2015