A fear of free speech
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1280442,00.html
Maher Abdallah
Wednesday August 11, 2004
The Guardian
A few years back, a major Arab government took "mild" action against
al-Jazeera: the then information minister issued a decree preventing
our correspondent from attending official functions.
When we contacted that government for an explanation, the minister
cited a report we had aired, which had looked critically at a huge
irrigation project that had flopped.
Maher Abdallah
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