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May 2, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/01/palestinian-tv-station-sued-media-crackdown?newsfeed=true

Palestinian TV Station Sued as Journalists Fear Media Crackdown

(Guardian-UK) Harriet Sherwood - Wattan TV in the West Bank is being sued for $1 million over an investigation into alleged corruption at a Palestinian university. It claimed that the son of a senior PA official was offered a place at the university despite having failed to meet academic requirements. The station, which says it has evidence to support its allegations, fears that some of its executives could face prison sentences. It follows the resignation last week of Palestinian communications minister Mashour Abu Daqa in protest at the PA's blocking of at least eight websites that criticized President Mahmoud Abbas. He said the closure of the sites was "bad for the image of the [PA] in the modern world." According to Muamar Orabi, the general director of Wattan TV, media repression is growing. "We are facing the worst time for independent journalists in the PA. Journalists are being arrested just for raising their voices and speaking freely."

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