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Jordan: Arab Media Watchdog

Thursday, May 17th, 2007 @ 14:16 UTC

by Amira Al Hussaini

Countries:: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, Libya, Jordan, Syria
Topics:: Media

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Jordanian blogger Lina links to a news article which says that journalists from five Arab countries are to launch a media watchdog group in reaction to what they call increased restrictions on press workers in the region.
According to the article, 20 reporters from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Morocco and Libya will launch the Cairo-based “Free Media Workers Union” in June, an initiative supported by Egyptian-American sociologist and human rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim.

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