So an organization cannot, without permission of
government-sanctioned
bodies, send people to observe and report on events? We're not talking
about official government press passes here (the U.S. analog is
state-issued passes), simply a piece of paper that indicates the person
in question has the sanction of Wikinews to report on their behalf.
People are free to ignore that piece of paper of course, and demand
something government-issued, but are you saying that the mere act of
issuing that piece of paper is illegal,
I am just saying that not only can it be illegal, but also that it will
certainly engage the liability of the foundation.
Unions accreditating journalists will certainly be mad at it (as in
France), and it would picture the foundation as a liable editor rather
as a not-liable publisher.