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Dubai needs no more support measures: ministerDate:03/03/2009 Government measures taken so far to support Dubai through a sharp economic downturn should be sufficient to stabilize its economy for at least nine months, the United Arab Emirates economy minister said on Monday, as press said that a UAE draft media law could give authorities wider powers to regulate increasingly gloomy economic reporting...
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UAE: Civil society leaders urge President to reconsider media lawDate:06/02/2009 Civil society leaders appealed to President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to intervene to reconsider the new media draft law, which was passed by the Federal National Council on January 20...
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Friday, 6 February 2009Last Modified:
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UAE: CPJ concerned about UAE draft media lawDate:11/03/2009 Your Highness, We are writing to express our concern about a draft of the United Arab Emirates media law, recently approved by the Federal National Council (FNC)...
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UAE: Draft Media Law Draws Flak for ‘Shortcomings’Date:26/01/2009 The draft media law passed by the Federal National Council (FNC) was criticised for its shortcomings by media professionals on Sunday, but a senior minister said it would encourage freedom of speech and protect journalists...
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UAE: Journalists have nothing to fear: Director General, National Media CouncilDate:09/02/2009 The criticism of a draft media law is unjustified as the new regulations promise to lift earlier restrictions and provide new freedoms to journalists in the UAE, the director general of the National Media Council said...
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UAE: Journalists urge authorities to reconsider media law Date:27/01/2009 Unhappy about the new media law, the Journalists Association will present its grievances in an official letter to be sent to the concerned authorities, it was decided on Monday...
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UAE: Need to Explicitly Ban Imprisonment of Journalists StressedDate:26/01/2009 Rashid Al Oraimi, editor-in-chief of Abu Dhabi-based Arabic daily Al Ittihad, has criticised the draft of the amended media law...
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UAE: Two years in the makingDate:17/02/2009 The current UAE media law, dating to 1980, includes 26 articles that imply or specifically refer to the imprisonment of journalists...
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United Arab Emirates: Draft media law: Journalists 'will insist on changes'Date:29/04/2009 The UAE Journalists Association reiterated their objection to some articles of the new media draft law and insisted that they would not change their stance...
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United Arab Emirates: Federal Court of Appeal upholds sentence against editor and newspaperDate:09/07/2009 A ruling by the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal to suspend a local newspaper and fine its editor-in-chief further undermines press freedom in the United Arab Emirates, Human Rights Watch said today...
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: FNC Media Law Seeks to Scrap Jail Sentence for JournalistsDate:21/01/2009 The Federal National Council (FNC) on Tuesday approved the final draft of UAE's Media Law, which stipulates that journalists cannot be jailed in the course of their duties...
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United Arab Emirates: Newland gives up The National editorshipDate:11/06/2009 Martin Newland is giving up the editorship of The National, the daily paper based in Abu Dhabi that he launched in April last year...
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UAE: Dubai Press Club Chief Backs Draft Media LawDate:04/02/2009 The new media draft law should be viewed positively by journalists, said Dubai Press Club executive director Maryam bin Fahad, despite the law being slammed by the local media...
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U.A.E. Tightens Press Rules Amid Financial Downturn Date:22/01/2009 The government of the United Arab Emirates is tightening its media laws amid a slew of negative headlines about the countrys economy and corporate scandals in Dubai...
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UAE journos jump on draft media lawDate:09/03/2009 Authorities in the United Arab Emirates are drafting a new media law which has already earned the rebuke of local journos for what they fear is an attempt to curtail their freedom of expression...
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UAE Media Law Faces Human Rights Watch Scrutiny Date:14/04/2009 The United Arab Emirates faces scrutiny from a leading human rights organization over a proposed law that the group says will crimp press freedom in the Persian Gulf state...
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UAE President urged to reconsider media lawDate:09/02/2009 Civil society leaders in UAE have joined hands in opposing the proposed media law, terming it as unclear and harmful to civil liberties and free media in the country...
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United Arab EmiratesDate:30/09/2009 Domestic, regional and international obligations related to freedom of expression in UAE...
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UAE: Trial of five activists a complete sham, says coalition of rights groupsDate: 09 November 2011 "As a verdict draws near for five activists charged with "publicly insulting" United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) officials in an Internet forum, IFEX members...
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