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Critical article about censorship in Emirates media
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Critical article about censorship in Emirates media
Courtney C. Radsch (Pasadena, CA)
- I just came across an interesting article in Al-Akhbar, a Lebanese newspaper, about censorship in the Emirates and the role the governments are or are not playing in improving professionalism and transparency.

Davidson discusses the obstacles to transparency and liberalization as well as the free flow of information posed by the Ministry of Information and Culture, which deals with all sorts of publishing and media distribution. And he points out that although there is a new media law that prevents journalists from being put in jail, the fines are prohibitive and enforces the self-censorship many journalists there were brought up with in the Middle East.

He also  notes the inherent contradiction of having the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority monitor and likely spy on internet usage in addition to blocking unknown numbers of sites even as the crown prince is going on and on about the need for transparency.

He offers as examples the anecdote about the failure of the UAE-based media failed to cover the royal family torture video (a 45-minute video in which Sheikh Issa, brother of the ruler, tortures a man by shoving sand in his mouth, beats him with a nail and board, held down by men in uniform etc). Several governments in the region blocked access to the video on YouTube as they did to the site UAE Torture.

In case you missed it, here's ABC's report on the torture video. Obviously I couldn't write about this while I was in Dubai until the official media did, and even when WAM finally wrote about
Issa's detention and I wrote an article for Al Arabiya, I could only use the word abuse, not torture.

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Added: November 24, 2009. 12:46 PM CST
Response to anonymous
Every news organization, whether Al Arabiya the New York Times or Arabisto has the right to prevent the publication of slanderous, profane or whatever other type of nonconstructive comments, and yes I'll do the same here. I'm ready and willing to engage in a conversation but not to be attacked. Furthermore, to put moderation of comments by an individual on par with censorship of entire stories and topics by a government is really out of balance and disingenuous.
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Added: November 24, 2009. 12:39 PM CST
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This is hilarious....Courtney talking about censorship when she keeps removing comments critical of her! Keep trying Courtney....we already know what a pathetic hypocrite you are!
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