U.A.E. Tightens Press Rules Amid Financial Downturn
Jan 23rd 2009, 2:56 pm
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Jan 25th 2009, 3:15 am
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so if an international newspaper criticizes the UAE or the powers be, what will happen then?
Would the government attempt to fine The Times
?
I suppose it would just be a focus on local press, although surely a grey area, as The Times is printed here under licence..
Would the government attempt to fine The Times
?I suppose it would just be a focus on local press, although surely a grey area, as The Times is printed here under licence..
Jan 25th 2009, 4:50 am
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hmmmm...nice
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Jan 25th 2009, 6:49 am
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Piers Morgan is utterly delusional...
Jan 25th 2009, 9:26 am
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such a gob shite.......................
Jan 25th 2009, 2:28 pm
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The man behind all this is Sheik Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and a man with an estimated wealth of £15billion
All the Maktoums have is land. Land, that's it. What's that worth at the moment?
All the Maktoums have is land. Land, that's it. What's that worth at the moment?
Jan 25th 2009, 3:17 pm
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why ayeeeee man!
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Re: U.A.E. Tightens Press Rules Amid Financial Downturn
DUBAI -- The government of the United Arab Emirates is tightening its media laws amid a slew of negative headlines about the country's economy and corporate scandals in Dubai.
The Persian Gulf state's Federal National Council passed the draft of a new media law Tuesday, replacing the 28-year-old Publications Law. The draft was first presented over a year ago. It now needs to be approved by the cabinet and U.A.E. President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The law threatens to fine anyone who knowingly publishes information that damages the U.A.E.'s reputation or harms its economy. Potential fines range from 50,000 U.A.E. dirhams ($13,600) for minor violations to
as much as one million dirhams for criticizing the ruling family.
While the proposed law protects journalists from imprisonment for carrying out their duties, the government plans to fine journalists up to 200,000 dirhams if they name suspects under investigation in the emirate, according to the draft.
The law follows a slowdown in the country's economy and corporate scandals involving top executives in banks and real-estate companies in Dubai.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123257117439403499.html
The Persian Gulf state's Federal National Council passed the draft of a new media law Tuesday, replacing the 28-year-old Publications Law. The draft was first presented over a year ago. It now needs to be approved by the cabinet and U.A.E. President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The law threatens to fine anyone who knowingly publishes information that damages the U.A.E.'s reputation or harms its economy. Potential fines range from 50,000 U.A.E. dirhams ($13,600) for minor violations to
as much as one million dirhams for criticizing the ruling family.
While the proposed law protects journalists from imprisonment for carrying out their duties, the government plans to fine journalists up to 200,000 dirhams if they name suspects under investigation in the emirate, according to the draft.
The law follows a slowdown in the country's economy and corporate scandals involving top executives in banks and real-estate companies in Dubai.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123257117439403499.html
Jan 25th 2009, 4:56 pm
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Re: U.A.E. Tightens Press Rules Amid Financial Downturn
Dubai turns in the place that sends you mad.
It really remind me to Asterix conquers Rome now.
And the famous A 38 Permit.
It really remind me to Asterix conquers Rome now.
And the famous A 38 Permit.
Jan 25th 2009, 5:34 pm
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I got halfway through that and gave up. what a load of carp.
and does the big fella have anything else other than 'vision'.
Every time he's mentioned everyone raves about his 'vision'.
I have vision too.....but I wish right now I didn't so I couldn't read such tripe.
