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Thailand tightens visa requirements for foreign reporters

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Thailand tightens visa requirements for foreign reporters

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  1. Thailand Visa

  2. Thailand tightens visa requirements for foreign reporters

  3. Bangkok, February 19, 2016 - The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned about new visa restrictions imposed on foreign reporters in Thailand that if fully implemented could restrict coverage of the country. • The new guidelines, outlined in a Ministry of Foreign Affairs press statement released on Thursday. • come amid reports that foreign journalists have recently been denied media visas and press card credentials for unclear reasons.

  4. The new criteria cover foreign journalists who apply to work in Thailand for periods longer than three months, according to the statement. • A vague provision in the new guidelines will give authorities new discretionary powers to deny visas to reporters whose work or behavior is deemed as "constituting any disruption to public order or to the security of the kingdom." • The restriction is similar to the ruling junta's ban against any news that could "undermine social stability" or "sow political divisions" imposed on Thai news media.

  5. According to the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand, at least five foreign reporters have had their Thailand Visa applications denied since Prayuth's military regime took power. • Other reporters have had their applications initially rejected for undisclosed reasons, then later accepted when they pressed for an official explanation for the denial. • according to CPJ sources who requested anonymity due to fear of government reprisals.

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