Excerpts from an article Arab countries seek broadcast curbs on Al Jazeera.net
"Several Arab countries have adopted a draft document which imposes "regulations" and restrictions on Arab satellite television broadcasters and bars offending their governments.
In Cairo on Tuesday information ministers of the 22-member Arab League all voted in favour of the document, with only Qatar and Lebanon opposing...
Anas al-Fiqi, the Egyptian information minister, said his country would be the "first to implement the Cairo document". "Some satellite channels have strayed from the correct path," he said. One of the points in the document requires that stations "not to offend the leaders or national and religious symbols" of Arab countries...
Cairo and Riyadh frequently complain of criticism of their governments in talk shows aired by Al Jazeera and other satellite channels.
The Cairo document authorises signatory countries to "withdraw, freeze or not renew the work permits of media which break the regulations"...
They should also "protect Arab identity from the harmful effects of globalisation"."
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Arab countries seek broadcast curbs ~ Al Jazeera News
"Several Arab countries have adopted a draft document which imposes "regulations" and restrictions on Arab satellite television broadcasters and bars offending their governments.
In Cairo on Tuesday information ministers of the 22-member Arab League all voted in favour of the document, with only Qatar and Lebanon opposing...
Anas al-Fiqi, the Egyptian information minister, said his country would be the "first to implement the Cairo document". "Some satellite channels have strayed from the correct path," he said. One of the points in the document requires that stations "not to offend the leaders or national and religious symbols" of Arab countries...
Cairo and Riyadh frequently complain of criticism of their governments in talk shows aired by Al Jazeera and other satellite channels.
The Cairo document authorises signatory countries to "withdraw, freeze or not renew the work permits of media which break the regulations"...
They should also "protect Arab identity from the harmful effects of globalisation"."
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Arab countries seek broadcast curbs ~ Al Jazeera News
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