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| Kuwait gets more liberal press law |
| 2006-03-07 |
| Kuwait's parliament on Monday passed a new press law banning the imprisonment of journalists without a final court ruling and allowing new newspapers to publish for the first time in three decades. All 53 MPs present at a session of the house, including Cabinet ministers, voted in favour of the legislation, which was described by lawmakers as a key reform measure. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 In the Arabias, the overriding principal is conservatism. That is, they want the better mousetrap, but they are scared of it. They are convinced that the next step of liberalism, whatever it is, could be great, or it could be their last. This is why, for things like women voting, it takes a peculiar form: after much contention, just the merest of women voting is allowed. Then, almost invariably, they are amazed when the sky doesn't fall in. After that they are convinced, at least until someone suggests they should vote for seats in a higher office. Then the conservatism and fear kicks in again. It's a process. But it's important to remember that it's not just their leaders who are this way. The leaders just reflect their national mood of conservatism. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-03-07 10:27 |
| #1 Editors who publish "blasphemy" get decapitated, instead of being burned alive? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-03-07 09:57 |