Sunday, April 12, 2009
Just the Good News, Please
Human Rights Watch, a leading human rights organization, doesn't think much of the U.A.E. proposed press law. Look for a report next week entitled "Just the Good News, Please, U.A.E. Media Law Continues to Stifle Press." According to a HRW e-mail statement, quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the law would "restrict free expression and interfere with the media's ability to report on sensitive subjects." International analysts say the new law could make the U.A.E. less attractive to international media companies and could endanger UAE aspirations of becoming a media hub in the Middle East.
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it is weired for me. one day we hear Sheik Mohammad bin Rashed announce about a law saying that journalists should not be jailed. Then, we find something totally different like this new media law. whats the benefit then from not jailing journalists? If this the case, they can't write any thing that would put them in jail.
couple days ago I read an article by Najla Alwadhi on UAE media law. it is an old artical (2007) but I think she shows how UAE desions makers think about the media. it should help the nation and promote the country.
This is the link to the article:
http://www.ecssr.ac.ae/CDA/en/FeaturedTopics/DisplayTopic/0,1670,715-0-135,00.html
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