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Qatar journo clampdown

  • Qatar: Saturday, October 06 - 2007 at 07:09

Qatar's Supreme Judicial Council has issued a ruling banning local newspapers from having free entry into the law courts, reported Gulf News. Reporters will now have to seek prior permission if they want access to any court and violations will be regarded as a 'breach of law'. Journalists have bemoaned the decision as a setback to press freedom in the country.

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