President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators. Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor...
issued on Sunday a decree to prohibit the imprisonment of journalists and to allow wider access to information.
"All media is independent and its freedom should not be restricted except in accordance with the provisions of the constitution and the law," said the decree, carried by the official SANA news agency.
The decree also ensured the right to access and make use of information.
However,
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the decree bans journalists from publishing "any content that would prejudice the national unity and security" or any material that would insult religious beliefs or incite sectarian problems. It also banned any material related to the armed forces.
An independent national media council will also be created.
It was the latest in a series of reforms promised by Assad to quell anti-government protests. Earlier this month, decrees on the formation of political parties and general elections were passed.
However,
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the move came to late impress Turkey, a regional power broker, whose President, Abduallah Gul, said Sunday that his country had lost faith in Syria and Assad.
"Actually (the situation in Syria) reached a level that everything is too little, too late. We lost our confidence," Gul told the Anatolia news agency in an interview.