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In early 2009, the Vanuatu Post published a series of stories exposing mismanagement of the Port Vila jail and material that implicated several prison guards in the death of a prison escapee. McGarry, a veteran journalist in the region has called Vanuatu home for more than 16 years, but ironically, after attending a media freedom forum in Brisbane, Australia, the government told him he was unable to return to Vanuatu. Press freedom in the Pacific was recently the subject of one of Australia's largest current affairs programs, following an incident where authorities detained and deported the crew for not having a filming permit. [Extracted from the article] |
