CPJ condemns Cuba’s decision to ban three foreign correspondents

CPJ condemns Cuba’s decision to ban three foreign correspondents
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Cuban government’s decision not to renew visas of three Havana-based foreign correspondents. Earlier this week, Cuban authorities informed Havana-based foreign correspondents Gary Marx of the Chicago Tribune, Stephen Gibbs of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and Cesar Gonzalez-Calero of the Mexican daily El Universal that their press credentials would not be renewed, according to international press reports. The government’s decision was based on the journalists’ negative reporting on Cuba, the international press said. According to the regulations of the International Press Centre (CPI), journalists’ visas are extended by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a one year period, after which it can be renewed following the presentation of an application at year’s end. In December, the Cuban government issued a document updating regulations on foreign correspondents’ work. The document said that the CPI may temporarily suspend or withdraw a journalist’s press credential ‘when [the reporter] carries improper actions or actions not within his profile and work content.’ (Committee to Protect Journalists, February 26, 2007)

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