Taiwan

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders is exasperated by the UN’s inability to resolve the problem of Taiwanese journalists who want to cover the annual World Health Assembly in Geneva. Their requests for accreditation were refused again this year on the sole grounds that they are Taiwanese. “It is incredible that the same week that Ma […]

Freedom of the Press 2007: Taiwan

(RSF/IFEX) – A motorist drove into a group of journalists outside the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial in Taipei on 6 December 2007, knocking down EETV News cameraman Wang Rei-Zhang and slightly injuring two others. Wang was hospitalised in a critical condition. Hundreds of demonstrators, journalists and policemen had gathered outside the building, whose name is being […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders voiced exasperation at the failure of the UN to resolve a dilemma under which Taiwanese journalists have again been refused accreditation to cover the World Health Assembly in Geneva simply because they are from Taiwan. For the fourth consecutive year, the UN and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have rejected […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has condemned physical attacks on four journalists by participants in a 25,000-strong demonstration in support of President Chen Shui-ban on 16 September 2006, a day after an estimated 360,000 took part in a protest calling for the president’s resignation in the wake of a series of financial scandals allegedly involving […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: WHO’s ban of Taiwanese journalists an infringement on press freedom The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned over the rejection of accreditation for Taiwanese journalists to cover the 59th annual World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, for the third year in a row. “The […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has condemned a Taipei court’s decision on 24 April 2006 ordering “United Daily News” reporter Kao Nien-yi to pay a fine of 30,000 Taiwanese dollars (770 euros) every day until he revealed his sources for a report about a financial scandal. The order was enforced three days running before being […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: Taiwan Government threatens cable network The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the Taiwanese Government’s decision to retract its threats to shut down cable news network TVBS. The Taiwanese president backed down from earlier threats to close the network after public outcry over the decision. The […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has voiced dismay over the abrupt closure of television news station ETTV-S. The station was closed along with six others – mainly entertainment, commercial cable television stations – following a 31 July 2005 decision by the government’s Satellite Broadcasting Business Review Committee not to renew their licences. They were given just two […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has challenged a United Nations (UN) decision to refuse accreditation to Taiwanese journalists to cover the World Health Organisation (WHO) conference being held in Geneva from 16-25 May 2005. The UN has justified its decision by pointing out that Taiwan is not a member state recognised by the UN General Assembly. RSF […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has challenged the Taiwanese authorities’ decision to ban two major Chinese media outlets from operating on the island. On 10 April 2005, Taiwan slapped a ban on the Xinhua news agency and “People’s Daily” newspaper. Joseph Wu, in charge of relations with China, said the public media outlets’ journalists were contributing to […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On the evening of 10 April 2004, a crowd of anti-government demonstrators injured 14 journalists outside the presidential palace in Taipei. During the demonstration, protesters gradually became increasingly hostile towards television crews and press photographers who were present, and several journalists were assaulted. The situation deteriorated after protesters began to attack barricades that […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: TAIWAN: CPJ condemns journalist’s sentencing New York, July 25, 2003-Taiwan’s High Court today sentenced reporter Hung Che-cheng to one and a half years in prison on sedition charges for allegedly revealing military secrets. Though the court granted Hung a three-year suspended sentence, the threat of imprisonment […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: TAIWAN: Magazine offices attacked New York, October 7, 2002-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns yesterday’s attack on the Taipei offices of Next (Yi Zhoukan) magazine. At about 1 p.m. on October 6, at least 10 men stormed the Next offices in Taipei, destroying office equipment […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 1 April 2002 CPJ letter to the president of the Republic of China, Chen Shui-bian: April 1, 2002 Committee to Protect Journalists 330 Seventh Avenue, 12th floor New York, NY 10001 USA His Excellency Chen Shui-bian President, Republic of China Office of the President 122 Chung-King South Road-Section 1 […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Interior Minister Po-ya Chang, RSF protested the seizure of the weekly “Next” magazine’s 21 March 2002 issue, as ordered by the National Security Bureau. “Without commenting on the merits of this case, the use of such practices is unworthy of a democracy like Taiwan,” said RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard. […]