Looking Forward to the Past: Nahda, Revolution, and the Early Ba’th in Iraq

The British Legacy in the Middle East

“…http://www.constitutionnet.org/files/1923_-_egyptian_constitution_english_1.pdf (last accessed 30 August 2015) 41 Gorman, "Containing Political Dissent," 165. 42 Longrigg,Iraq,[44][45] For details, see Longrigg,Iraq,110. editorial hostile to King Faisal, al-Djila was banned. 44 The practice of state regulation of the press was maintained thereafter and indeed codified in the Iraqi constitution of 1930.…”

“…42 Longrigg,Iraq,[44][45] For details, see Longrigg,Iraq,110. editorial hostile to King Faisal, al-Djila was banned. 44 The practice of state regulation of the press was maintained thereafter and indeed codified in the Iraqi constitution of 1930. 45 The policy continued into the independence era.…”

“…A Press Bureau was established and the press law of 1954, issued following the hostile response to the Iraqi government's signing of the Baghdad Pact, made clear the limitations of the freedom of speech. 46 In Palestine likewise an increasingly regulated and restrictive press regime developed in response to growing political agitation. The Shaw Commission's recommendation of "the curtailment of the mischievous activities of the Press" was formalised with a Press Ordinance in 1933 which required a licence for the publication of a newspaper and allowed for the suspension of a newspaper that was "likely to endanger the public peace".…”