Bahrain should build on its good intentions and remove the last obstacles to freedom of expression, the Secretary General of Reporters Without Frontiers has said.
Under pressure from journalists to amend the 2002 press law and drop its "repressive clauses", the government is currently drafting a new code.
Last month, Jehad Bu Kamal, the newly-appointed information minister, told reporters that the articles stipulating prison terms would be dropped.
This visit by Reporters Without Borders comes a month after the Paris-based organisation signed an accord with the Qatari authorities to set up the Doha Media Freedom centre.
The centre, funded by the government and run independently by Reporters Without Borders, will monitor freedom of the press in the region.
"Our mission as an international organisation is not to give grades to states, but rather to help improve the status of the press," Ménard said. "We want to work together and we are ready to offer assistance whenever requested."
Read the complete article: Activist tells Bahrain to scrap jail for journalists ~ Gulf News.com
Under pressure from journalists to amend the 2002 press law and drop its "repressive clauses", the government is currently drafting a new code.
Last month, Jehad Bu Kamal, the newly-appointed information minister, told reporters that the articles stipulating prison terms would be dropped.
This visit by Reporters Without Borders comes a month after the Paris-based organisation signed an accord with the Qatari authorities to set up the Doha Media Freedom centre.
The centre, funded by the government and run independently by Reporters Without Borders, will monitor freedom of the press in the region.
"Our mission as an international organisation is not to give grades to states, but rather to help improve the status of the press," Ménard said. "We want to work together and we are ready to offer assistance whenever requested."
Read the complete article: Activist tells Bahrain to scrap jail for journalists ~ Gulf News.com
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