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Started by Bruce Girard
Wed, 18 Feb 1998 00:00
Palestine : tv station closed
Author: Bruce Girard
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 00:00
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IFEX- News from the international freedom of expression community _________________________________________________________________ ACTION ALERT - PALESTINE 18 February 1998 Closure of a local television station in Bethlehem SOURCE: Reporters sans frontieres (RSF), Paris (RSF/IFEX) - According to RSF, the Palestinian police closed the television station known as "Shepherd" on 16 February 1998. Police officers went into the studios, ordered staff to leave the premises and stopped all broadcasts. In the previous few days, the station had devoted several programs to the crisis between Iraq and the United States. Viewers were invited to participate in order to express their solidarity with the Iraqi people. On 15 February, the Palestinian Authority had ordered media on its territory to censor all comments in support of Iraq that contradicted the Authority's official line regarding the crisis. A letter from the information ministry, sent to all the news departments of privately owned radio and television stations in the autonomous territories, referred to "Palestinian superior national interests" and "national security" to justify the decision. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Send appeals to authorities: -condemning them for these moves to restrict freedom of the media in the autonomous territories -asking them to use their influence to enable the local television station in Bethlehem to resume broadcasting APPEALS TO: Mr Yasser Arafat President of the Palestinian Authority Gaza Fax : (972) 7 823 744 Please copy appeals to the source if possible. For further information, contact Djallal Malti or Arno Muller at RSF, rue Geoffroy Marie, Paris 75009, France, tel: +33 1 44 83 84 84, fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51, e-mail: rsf@rsf.fr, Internet: http://www.rsf.fr Aucune version en francais sera disponible The information contained in this action alert is the sole responsibility of RSF. In citing this material for broadcast or publication, please credit RSF. _________________________________________________________________ DISTRIBUTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION EXCHANGE (IFEX) CLEARING HOUSE 489 College Street, Toronto (ON) M6G 1A5 CANADA tel: +1 416 515 9622 fax: +1 416 515 7879 alerts e-mail: alerts@ifex.org general e-mail: ifex@ifex.org Internet site: http://www.ifex.org/ _________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Bruce Girard Boa Agencia Informativa Pulsar Email: bgirard@pulsar.org.ec http://www.comunica.org/pulsar Fono/Fax: +593-2-501180 Fax en Canada: +1-514-221-2009 Av. Atahualpa 333, Casilla 17-08-8489, Quito, Ecuador
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