Concerns over editorial independence and uncertainty at New Caledonia’s only daily paper

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Link to: Protest ends after disrupting access to information and media operations for eight months

Protest ends after disrupting access to information and media operations for eight months

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has hailed the signing of an accord on 8 November 2006 in Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia, between the pro-independence Union of Kanak and Exploited Workers (USTKE) and the management of the French public radio and TV broadcaster RFO. The accord should end eight months of turmoil for RFO’s […]

Link to: Hundreds march for press freedom in New Caledonia

Hundreds march for press freedom in New Caledonia

(PINA/IFEX) – On 2 March 2002, an estimated 500 people took to the streets of New Caledonia’s capital Nouméa to demonstrate support for press freedom, the daily “Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes” reported. The march was called by the French Pacific territory’s Human Rights League. It was organised in protest against recent assaults on the publisher of […]

Link to: Editor-in-chief of radio station assaulted

Editor-in-chief of radio station assaulted

(PINA/IFEX) – On 20 February 2002, New Caledonian radio station Radio Djiido reported that its editor-in-chief, Lucienne Moréo-See, was assaulted at her home near Nouméa, capital of the French Pacific territory. The radio station said Moréo-See was attacked by two men in the morning hours several days earlier. They assaulted the journalist and then left. […]