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The attack
HOW COULD two men in a small boat wreak so much damage on a $1 billion guided-missile destroyer equipped with all the latest defensive systems? Seventeen sailors died in the blast and the US Navy’s latest estimate of the cost of repairs is $240 million - $70 million more than at first…
Introduction
SEVENTEEN people died and 39 were injured in an attack on the American guided missile destroyer, USS Cole, in Aden harbour, Yemen, on October 12, 2000.
While the ship was refuelling offshore, a small craft with two men on board - presumed to be suicide bombers - approached the ship…
by S NIHAL SINGH
Editor, Khaleej Times, Dubai
Freedom of the media, as we understand it, does not exist in the Arabian Gulf. The surprise is not that this is so, but rather in how new shoots of a more tolerant and liberal era are beginning to sprout.
I would ascribe the new phenomenon to the…
Council of Ministers Resolution
12 February 2001
All Internet users in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia shall refrain from publishing or accessing data containing some of the following:
Anything contravening a fundamental principle or legislation, or infringing the sanctity of Islam and its…
The Sana'a Declaration of 1996 is the only international document on freedom for the Arab media. It was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO at its 29th Session in Paris, in 1997
We, the participants in the United Nations/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization…
ANNUAL REPORT 1999:
North Africa and the Middle East
Detailed country reports are available (in French) at the Reporters Sans Frontieres website
The situation in most North African and Middle East countries was still bleak in 1998. With detentions, excessive sentences for "libel", censorship,…
BANGLADESH - 1993
INDONESIA Alliance of Independent Journalists, 1998
PAKISTAN General Assembly of the Committee of the Press, 1972
BANGLADESH
CODE OF CONDUCT
Adopted by Newspapers, News Agencies and Journalists of Bangladesh, 1993
It is the responsibility of a journalist to keep people informed…
Resolution of the International Press Institute's seminar on Freedom of Expression and the Media in Jordan, Amman, 5 February 2000
We, the participants at the seminar on ‘Freedom of Expression and the Media in Jordan’;
Having met in Amman, Jordan, to discuss the principle of freedom of expression…
ASEAN - 1989
Council of Arab Information Ministers - 1978
Federation of Arab Journalists - 1972
International Federation of Journalists - 1986
Islamic Media Conference - 1980
UNESCO - 1983
ASEAN
Adopted by the 1989 Seventh Assembly of the Confederation of ASEAN Journalists
Preamble
The…
The Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ), is a Jordan-based not-for-profit company that aims at providing legal advice to journalists who are victims of human rights violations; filing lawsuits on behalf of victim journalists; legally representing defendants or initiating litigation;…
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
