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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Stop violating Press freedom, journalists tell Assad
2004-12-11
PARIS — The Paris-based Society of Reporters Without Borders has requested Syrian President Bashar Al Assad on Wednesday to put an end to daily violations against freedom of the Press in Syria, on the threshold of the 56th International Day of Human Rights.
Dang, that made the Surprise Meter twitch.
The society, in a statement, said that economic openness and political modernisation in Syria will remain hollow without the existence of a free and independent Press in the country. It said that the methods of repression and intimidation used by Syrian security agencies since thirty years have transformed the Syrian media scene into a barren desert.

They said that the Syrian media was under the power of the 'Baath Party' and the government at the same time; and that if the government truly desired to rejoin the international community, it must by all means accept the emergence of an independent Press in the country.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  They have him by the hair of his almost nonexistent skinny chinny chin chin
Posted by: lex   2004-12-11 10:13:11 PM  

#4  You know, Mr. Zhang, I've always been kind of fuzzy on whether Baby Doc has the army or whether the army has him.
Posted by: Phil Fraering   2004-12-11 11:29:07 AM  

#3  Assad tells journos: "You and what army?"
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2004-12-11 10:57:47 AM  

#2  SOT,
"Al Chance Kbir"
Posted by: Phitle Glavigum4997   2004-12-11 7:42:35 AM  

#1  how does one say "fat chance" in arabic
Posted by: SON OF TOLUI   2004-12-11 3:59:11 AM  

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