An Award-winning Cameroonian journalist has been denied a visa by Australian authorities after being invited to give a speech at a conference in Brisbane today.
Mimi Mefo, winner of this year’s Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award, was intending to give a keynote address at the Integrity 20 conference hosted by Griffith University.
However, Australian authorities told her they “were not satisfied that the applicant’s employment and financial situation provide an incentive to return”.
She says "It is totally unacceptable to treat journalists like this. Any country that claims to adhere to democracy has to go beyond the promise and the words, you need action,"