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Libya ends support to TV rules charter
Libya has withdrawn its support to the Cairo Document on satellite channels and will ask the Arab Information Ministers to follow its example, the head of the Libyan Journalists Syndicate said on Monday.
- By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief
- Published: 23:37 June 30, 2008
Manama: Libya has withdrawn its support to the Cairo Document on satellite channels and will ask the Arab Information Ministers to follow its example, the head of the Libyan Journalists Syndicate said on Monday.
"I have just been informed about the decision by Information Minister Nouri Al Humaidi and we now look forward to the other ministers in the Arab League adopting a similar attitude," Ashoor Tlissi told Gulf News.
Arab countries in February adopted the document that imposes regulations on Arab satellite television and bars offending their leaders or national and religious symbols.
Qatar was the only country not to vote in favour of the document that stipulates that satellite channels should not "damage social harmony, national unity, public order or traditional values".
The channels should avoid broadcasting obscene material and should protect Arab identity from harmful effects of globalisation, the document said.
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