Indonesian media lose their freedom

Indonesian media lose their freedom

Indonesian journalists are loosing their access to information and miss their press freedom in the Bali meeting, as they are practically banned from entering all meeting rooms, except the press rooms.

"I feel like I am not in Indonesia, I cannot enter many of the venues because of the regulations set out by UN officials for media," Bonnie, camerawoman from Indonesian privately-owned Metro TV, said on Thursday.

Most Indonesian photographers and cameramen complain about the protocol from the UN, which hamper them getting pictures of several meetings or plenary sessions and they were only allowed to take picture from the balcony some distance away.

"It is difficult to get good pictures from the distance, this is annoying," she remarked. -- JP.