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26 October 2011

IFJ calls for end to criminal defamation

In the claim, the politician successfully applied for the provisional seizure of a third of journalist Lin Chau-yi's monthly salary as collateral against possible future damages.

20 December 2010

Authorities refuse broadcasting license to Next TV, legislators threaten stricter Internet regulations

IPI expressed concerns about the National Communication Committee's failure to promote press freedom.

30 September 2010

Freedom House expresses concern over public television integrity

Freedom House urges authorities to safeguard the integrity of the country's public broadcaster following the removal of its leadership.

25 May 2009

IFJ calls for full access as World Health Forum opens door to Taiwanese journalists

The Association of Taiwanese Journalists (ATJ), an IFJ affiliate, said that the WHO has given accreditation to its members to cover this year's World Health Assembly in Geneva.

11 December 2008

Government interference puts strain on public media

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:

19 November 2008

Police ask journalists for information on protest, photographs of demonstrators

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:

5 November 2008

Journalist injured in arrest, detention

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 5 November 2008 IFJ media release:

9 October 2008

Government interference in state-owned media escalates

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:

17 September 2008

UN urged to stop discriminating against Taiwanese journalists

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders deplores the UN's refusal to issue accreditation to the Taiwanese media for the 63rd session of General Assembly that opened in New York on 16 September 2008. The press freedom organisation recently wrote to Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon asking him to help find a way for Taiwan's journalists to be able to cover the General Assembly.

22 May 2008

RSF calls for "balance in matters of news and information" in support of Taiwanese journalists

(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.

7 December 2007

Car driven into group of journalists, three hurt

(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 changed to the Democracy Memorial.

17 May 2007

UN and WHO deny accreditation to Taiwan journalists; RSF condemns "appalling discrimination"

(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.

18 September 2006

Journalists attacked by demonstrators supporting President Chen

(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 his wife.

17 May 2006

WHO's refusal to accredit Taiwanese journalists for World Health Assembly an infringement on press freedom, says IFJ

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:

27 April 2006

Daily fines for reporter who refused to disclose his sources

(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 suspended on 27 April.

4 November 2005

Government retracts threat to shut down cable news network over critical talk show

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:

8 August 2005

Authorities close down television news station

(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 days to stop broadcasting.

12 May 2005

Taiwanese journalists refused accreditation for WHO annual conference

(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.

15 April 2005

Two Chinese media outlets banned from the island

(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.

14 April 2004

Fourteen journalists attacked by anti-government protesters outside presidential palace

(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.

25 July 2003