(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has hailed the Lebanese Parliament’s approval on 16 August 2005 of a legislative amendment permitting the reopening of MTV, a television station critical of Syria that was closed by the authorities on 4 September 2002. “This decision bodes well for press freedom in Lebanon,” the organisation said. The amendment to article 68 […]
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has hailed the Lebanese Parliament’s approval on 16 August 2005 of a legislative amendment permitting the reopening of MTV, a television station critical of Syria that was closed by the authorities on 4 September 2002.
“This decision bodes well for press freedom in Lebanon,” the organisation said.
The amendment to article 68 of the media law, which was unanimously approved by the members of parliament present, excludes the possibility of compensation for MTV. The station’s reopening was one of the opposition’s leading demands during the parliamentary elections held in May and June following the departure of Syria’s troops, which had occupied Lebanon for 29 years.
