Vanuatu publisher alleges bashing over coverage of prison issues

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Updated January 19, 2009 22:05:34

Police in Vanuatu are investigating the alleged bashing of the publisher of the country's only daily newspaper by prison officers. Over the past few months the Vanuatu Daily Post has reported in detail on problems at Vanuatu's prisons, including the escape of inmates, the burning down of the country's main jail, and reports of the abuse of human rights.

Presenter: Campbell Cooney, Pacific correspondent
Speaker: Marc Neil-Jones, publisher, The Daily Post, Vanuatu

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