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Taipei, May 24 (CNA) International media organizations are continuing to urge the United Nations to grant all journalists access to its events, after two Taiwanese reporters were turned away from this week's World Health Assembly (WHA).
Geneva, May 22 (CNA) Two Taiwanese CNA reporters who had been accredited to cover this week's World Health Assembly (WHA) were told on Monday they would not be allowed to claim their press passes, in a move a United Nations staff member blamed on pressure from China.
Two accredited journalists from Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) were denied entry to the ongoing World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva on May 22, with World Health Organisation (WHO) event staff allegedly claiming ‘pressure from China’ as the reason behind the refusal. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Association of Taiwan Journalists (ATJ), call on the United Nations and its affiliate organisations to respect press freedom and allow unrestricted access to all journalists regardless of nationality.