Posts Tagged ‘Freedom-of-Expression’

Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006

Posted by Haitham Sabbah on 2 November, 2006
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This item was filled under [ Algeria, Arab, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Media, Middle East, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen ]

In the fifth annual Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index, in between 168 indexed countries, our beloved Arab countries makes sure to be among the worst.
Here is the list in order from “best” to “worst“:
Kuwait - 73
United Arab Emirates - 77
Mauritania - 77
Qatar - 80
Morocco - 97
Lebanon - 107
Jordan - 109
Bahrain - 111
Algeria - [...]

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Draft Jordanian Press Law Raises Concerns

Posted by Haitham Sabbah on 5 November, 2005
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This item was filled under [ Good News, Human Rights, Jordan, Media, Sabbah ]

ARTICLE 19 recently released an analysis of the 2004 draft Jordanian Press and Publications Law(PDF File) which highlights a number of areas where the draft law violates international law, beside shedding some light on the positive side of the draft PPL. The existing Press and Publications Law2 is even more problematical and needs to be [...]

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Yezzi - Fock: Tunisian online protest (now blocked)

Posted by Haitham Sabbah on 5 October, 2005
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This item was filled under [ Bleeding Edge, Human Rights, Internet 'n Computers, Politics, Sabbah, Tunisia ]

Via: Global Voices Online
Rebecca MacKinnon

As Tunisia prepares to host the controversial World Summit on the Information Society in November, Tunisian opposition activist Neila Charchour Hachicha informs Global Voices that the online freedom of speech protest site launched by Tunisians on Monday, www.yezzi.org has already been blocked by the Tunisian authorities.
The online protest, called “Freedom of [...]

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