Di Timur Tengah sono, yang berusaha membatasi press
freedom itu adalah orang-orang yang berkuasa...
Di Indoneisa, bagusnya, orang-orang yang berkuasa
sekarang ini tidak begitu getol membatasi kebebasan
pers, tapi orang-orang beragama, baik Nasrani
(peristiwa 'Tempo') ataupun Islam (FPI..) pada berebut
membatasi kebebasanpers.
Dan pers juga nggk berusaha mempertahankan kebebasan
itu: mereka tidak menujuk,an solidaritasnya dengan
"Tempo" dan "Tempo" pun bertekuk lutut..
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008
16:34 MECCA TIME, 13:34 GMT
Arab media code 'risk to freedom'
Al Jazeera has faced reporting bans in several Arab
countries, including Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
Al Jazeera has said a code adopted by Arab states to
govern satellite broadcasting could shackle freedom of
expression.
Arab information ministers meeting on Tuesday in Cairo
endorsed the charter, which allows host countries to
annul or suspend the licence of any broadcaster found
in violation of the rules it sets.
The Cairo document stipulates that satellite channels
"should not damage social harmony, national unity,
public order or traditional values".
It says that programming should also "conform with the
religious and ethical values of Arab society and take
account of its family structure".
Wadah Khanfar, director-general of Al Jazeera, said in
a statement issued on Friday: "Any code of ethics or
governance for journalistic practices should emerge,
and be governed, from within the profession and not be
imposed externally by political institutions.
"Al Jazeera considers the adoption of the charter ...
a risk to the freedom of expression in the Arab
world."
Cairo document
All members of the 22-member Arab League had voted in
favour of the document, with only Qatar and Lebanon
opposing.
Qatar said it was "still studying the document" and
that it did not "currently want to adopt" it for legal
rather than political reasons.
Tuesday's meeting was called at the request of Egypt,
which hosts the Arab League and serves as a base for
several Arab satellite channels.
"The region has seen the recent emergence of many
media institutions and every attempt should be made
.... to encourage their independence and freedom"
Wadah Khanfar, director-general of Al Jazeera
Anas al-Fiqi, the Egyptian information minister, said
his country would be the first to implement the
charter.
"Some satellite channels have strayed from the correct
path," he said.
But in his statement, Khanfar says: "Some of the
language contained within the charter is ambiguous and
could be interpreted to actively hinder independent
reporting from the region."
Any violation of professional ethics should be tackled
through independent legal processes, he said.
"The region has seen the recent emergence of many
media institutions and every attempt should be made
not to hamper, but to facilitate, an environment to
encourage their independence and freedom," Khanfar
said.
Al Jazeera has faced reporting bans in several Arab
countries including Kuwait and Saudi Arabia over the
past decade.
Iraq also banned Al Jazeera Arabic from reporting in
Iraq three years ago - accusing it of fomenting
sectarianism - but Al Jazeera English has a presence
in Baghdad.
Relative freedom
The Cairo charter stipulates that channels should
"refrain from broadcasting anything which calls into
question God, the monotheistic religions, the
prophets, sects or symbols of the various religious
communities".
It says broadcasters should avoid "erotic or obscene
material" or programmes that "encourage smoking or the
consumption of alcohol", the latter prohibited by
Islam.
They should also "protect Arab identity from the
harmful effects of globalisation".
Speaking to Al Jazeera, Agnes Callamard from Article
19, a press freedom organisation, said: "This is
turning into the next stage of censorship which is to
try to prevent millions of people in the region to
access information.
"The guidelines that have been put forward are so
overbroad and over-reaching, they are just really
trying to impose a curtain of censorship over the
provision of information and simple provision of
views."
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
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