Reporters Sans Frontières

Reporters Sans Frontières has urged the Chinese government to implement 9 reforms in the run-up to the Beijing Games: (1) Release all journalists and Internet users detained in China; (2) abolish the restrictive articles in the Foreign Correspondents Guide; (3) disband the Publicity Department which controls content in the Chinese press; (4) end the jamming of foreign radio stations; (5) end the blocking of news and information websites based abroad; (6) suspend the “11 Commandments of the Internet,” which lead to website censorship; (7) end the blacklisting of journalists and human rights activists, which prevents them from visiting China; (8) repeal the decree banning Chinese media from using certain foreign news agency video footage and news reports; (9) legalize independent organizations of journalists and human rights activists.