During the 2010 presidential election campaign, French journalists were denied accreditation until election day; the situation on this front improved in 2011.

The government has used the law to bring charges against or deny accreditation to critical journalists.

But this week, as delegates began arriving here to discuss the agenda for Beijing, some were told they had been denied accreditation.

After a floor debate on Tuesday morning, the delegates are scheduled to vote to either grant or deny accreditation.

Russia has previously denied accreditation or visas for foreign journalists, though usually without a clear explanation.

However, no school may be denied accreditation by the Board based solely on the basis of average daily attendance.

Last year, the state of Virginia threatened to deny accreditation to every school with a passing rate below 70 percent.

Many other foreign media outlets, such as South Africa's e.tv, were also denied accreditation by the government.

As a result, the pair's coach was denied accreditation for the upcoming competitions but the team won in court.

In fact, Capital District was flat-out denied accreditation by that organization.