Thursday, November 22, 2012

Voice of America: Australia Defends Tough Media Detention Center Restrictions

Voice of America
Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries
Australia Defends Tough Media Detention Center Restrictions
Nov 22nd 2012, 12:01

Australian immigration officials have defended restrictions that limit press access to detention centers.  While the media are barred from offshore processing camps in Papua New Guinea and Nauru, journalists are allowed into facilities on the mainland but are subject to strict rules and barred from formally interviewing detainees.  Eighteen months ago the Australian Broadcasting Corporation said that the country's immigration centers were "less open and transparent than Guantanamo ...

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