The 24 April 1996 issue of the independent weekly “Al-Destour” has been banned from distribution by the Office of Censorship. According to the editor, Ibrahim Eissa, no explanation was given for the ban; however, it would appear that a report mentioning “conflict” between police chiefs in the Interior Ministry was behind the move. One official […]
The 24 April 1996 issue of the independent weekly “Al-Destour”
has been banned from distribution by the Office of Censorship.
According to the editor, Ibrahim Eissa, no explanation was given
for the ban; however, it would appear that a report mentioning
“conflict” between police chiefs in the Interior Ministry was
behind the move. One official from “Al-Destour” said that it had
agreed on several occasions not to publish other reports
following requests to this effect by the censors.
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