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Media professionals will be now face restrictions to work in the Maldives, as the government has now disposed new immigration rules.

The newly confirmed Brazilian government has recently proposed a measure that would change the structure and the autonomy of the public broadcaster.

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Kosovo’s public broadcaster, RTK, suffered a second attack last week on its premises by a group that is against the government’s demarcation deal with Montenegro.

A new information bill proposed by the government in Namibia could impact media freedom by punishing professionals who report “irresponsibly”.

At a conference in Papua New Guinea last week, the government expressed support for the nation’s move from analogue to digital broadcasting.

Attahiru Jega, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), talked about the current state of public broadcasting in Nigeria, calling for structural changes.

After the destructive flooding that afflicted Louisiana early this month, public media professionals are helping their colleagues.

Last week Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebi signed a declaration granting independent journalism and the right to information.

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