The prosecutor says instead of asking the Brazilian embassy in Angola for work visas for the workers, the company asked for ordinary visas, which did not grant them the right to work.
Most Americans are unaware of the hoops an average citizen from a developing nation must jump through to gain even an ordinary tourist visa.
Newman is the seventh U.S. citizen to be arrested in North Korea in recent years, but his case has been particularly perplexing because, unlike other detainees, he entered on an ordinary tourist visa.
But at a time when Brussels should be reaching out to ordinary Ukrainians, visa-related incidents are damaging the EU's image.Last month a group of 20 Ukrainian journalists was invited to Brussels for an event on Ukraine's integration with the EU at the European Parliament.
China's Foreign Ministry said Kovrig entered China on an ordinary passport and visa, and was not eligible for diplomatic immunity.
Emulating the tough response of John McCain, America's Republican presidential candidate, Mr Cameron called, not very sensibly, for restrictions on British visas for ordinary Russians and for Russia to be suspended from the G8.
The statement said Kovrig, a former diplomat, had often entered China using an ordinary passport and business visas, "stealing and spying on sensitive Chinese information and intelligence via a contact in China".
He and others argued for the EU to ease its visa regime for ordinary Belarusians.
At the same time, we urge an easing of visa restrictions on ordinary Ukrainians to make it clear that our difficulties are with the regime, not the people.Finally, our Europe page is running an online poll on the boycott question.
