Red lines and media blues

Kassir, Samir

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“…Syrian controls on Lebanese media, which were much in evidence in the early years of Lebanon's civil war, surfaced again in the 1990s. They were particularly evident in management changes at the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation in 1998 (Kassir, 2000) and when two journalists were charged by a military tribunal in August 2001. A proliferation of small local Palestinian broadcasters found themselves subject to harassment and temporary closures imposed by the Palestinian security forces on behalf of the Palestinian Authority if they spoke out critically on internal matters (Sakr, 2001, pp.…”

Section: Freedom Of Expression Accountability and Development In Thementioning

confidence: 96%

Freedom of Expression, Accountability and Development in the Arab Region

Sakr

2003

Journal of Human Development

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Naomi Sakr lectures on communication policy and development at the School of Communication and Creative Industries at the University of Westminser in the UK and is a consultant in media, governance and the Middle East to several international organisations. AbstractMechanisms for ensuring government transparency and accountability have yet to become established in the Arab region, where oil rents and security rents have traditionally enabled governments to provide jobs and services without having to rely heavily, if at all, on raising revenue through personal income tax on citizens. Yet various forms of resource mobilisation, which will be needed in future, are likely to require a greater degree of accountability from those responsible for such mobilisation. This paper considers whether a move in this direction is under way. It reviews government approaches to freedom of expression in the media and among non-governmental organisations. It notes changes that have taken place in this sphere since the start of the 1990s, not all of them positive, and concludes that many more steps remain to be taken if media organisations and NGOs are to exert pressure for accountability on behalf of citizens, and especially the disadvantaged.2

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Section: Freedom Of Expression Accountability and Development In Thementioning

confidence: 96%