Forum on free press gets off to censored start
Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia prevent journalists, activists from attending event in Beirut
By Dalila Mahdawi
Daily Star staff
Saturday, December 13, 2008
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Four journalists and rights activists from Saudi Arabia, Syria and Tunisia were prevented by their governments from traveling to Beirut to attend a regional forum on Arab press freedom on Friday. Over 160 journalists, bloggers, publishers, editors and press freedom advocates came together for the first session of the two-day Third Annual Free Press Forum in Beirut.
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Tags: Assassination, Beirut, Media, Newspaper, Press freedom, Independent, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, World
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