{"id":199,"date":"2009-05-31T06:02:29","date_gmt":"2009-05-31T03:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2009\/05\/31\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T15:37:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T12:37:36","slug":"summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2009\/05\/31\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary of the report on “Freedom of the Media in the Arab Countries” 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

  <\/p>\n

Introduction<\/span><\/b> <\/p>\n

<\/span><\/b> <\/p>\n

For four consecutive years, the Amman Center for Human Rights Studies [ACHRS] has been issuing its annual report on the state of  <\/span>press freedom in the Arab countries. These reports are compiled through voluntary and personal efforts  <\/span>without  <\/span>funding by any local or international party.<\/span> <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

There are three conditions for the press to be free, and the first is the right of the journalist to acquire, receive and disseminate information. These conditions are contained in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on the Civil and Political Rights as well as Article 32 of the Arab Charter of Human Rights, which was enforced early last year.<\/span> <\/p>\n

The conclusion of this fourth annual report is that countries like Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates enjoy a higher degree of press freedom in comparison with other Arab countries while Saudi Arabia, Syria and Libya had a very low degree of press freedom.<\/span> <\/p>\n

Click here to see the complete summary report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Introduction For four consecutive years, the Amman Center for Human Rights Studies [ACHRS] has been issuing its annual report on the state of  press freedom in the Arab countries. These reports are compiled through voluntary and personal efforts  without  funding by any local or international party. There are three conditions for the press to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-annual-reports","category-research-2"],"yoast_head":"\nSummary of the report on "Freedom of the Media in the Arab Countries" 2008 - Amman Center for Human Rights Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2009\/05\/31\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Summary of the report on "Freedom of the Media in the Arab Countries" 2008 - Amman Center for Human Rights Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"  Introduction For four consecutive years, the Amman Center for Human Rights Studies [ACHRS] has been issuing its annual report on the state of  press freedom in the Arab countries. These reports are compiled through voluntary and personal efforts  without  funding by any local or international party. There are three conditions for the press to …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2009\/05\/31\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Amman Center for Human Rights Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ACHRS.JO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-05-31T03:02:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-21T12:37:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ACHRS\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ACHRS\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/31\\\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/31\\\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ACHRS\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19d07e037e3c7e490c4494f0a74806e1\"},\"headline\":\"Summary of the report on “Freedom of the Media in the Arab Countries” 2008\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-05-31T03:02:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-21T12:37:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/31\\\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":181,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Annual Reports\",\"Research\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/31\\\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/31\\\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\\\/\",\"name\":\"Summary of the report on \\\"Freedom of the Media in the Arab Countries\\\" 2008 - Amman Center for Human Rights Studies\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-05-31T03:02:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-21T12:37:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/31\\\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/31\\\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/31\\\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Summary of the report on “Freedom of the Media in the Arab Countries” 2008\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/\",\"name\":\"Amman Center for Human Rights Studies\",\"description\":\"Amman Center for Human Rights Studies (ACHRS) is an independent, regional, scientific, advocacy center for studies, research and training on issues of human rights and democracy.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Amman Center for Human Rights Studies\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/achrs-new-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/achrs-new-logo.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":2000,\"caption\":\"Amman Center for Human Rights Studies\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ACHRS.JO\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19d07e037e3c7e490c4494f0a74806e1\",\"name\":\"ACHRS\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bc753396577cd0c464579cec5d6e0996c1e77269025cd9ebe667f519eee219e8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bc753396577cd0c464579cec5d6e0996c1e77269025cd9ebe667f519eee219e8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bc753396577cd0c464579cec5d6e0996c1e77269025cd9ebe667f519eee219e8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ACHRS\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/achrs.org\\\/english\\\/author\\\/a-yousef\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Summary of the report on \"Freedom of the Media in the Arab Countries\" 2008 - Amman Center for Human Rights Studies","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2009\/05\/31\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Summary of the report on \"Freedom of the Media in the Arab Countries\" 2008 - Amman Center for Human Rights Studies","og_description":"  Introduction For four consecutive years, the Amman Center for Human Rights Studies [ACHRS] has been issuing its annual report on the state of  press freedom in the Arab countries. These reports are compiled through voluntary and personal efforts  without  funding by any local or international party. There are three conditions for the press to …","og_url":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2009\/05\/31\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\/","og_site_name":"Amman Center for Human Rights Studies","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ACHRS.JO","article_published_time":"2009-05-31T03:02:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-03-21T12:37:36+00:00","author":"ACHRS","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ACHRS","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2009\/05\/31\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2009\/05\/31\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\/"},"author":{"name":"ACHRS","@id":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/19d07e037e3c7e490c4494f0a74806e1"},"headline":"Summary of the report on “Freedom of the Media in the Arab Countries” 2008","datePublished":"2009-05-31T03:02:29+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-21T12:37:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2009\/05\/31\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\/"},"wordCount":181,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Annual Reports","Research"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2009\/05\/31\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\/","url":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2009\/05\/31\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\/","name":"Summary of the report on \"Freedom of the Media in the Arab Countries\" 2008 - Amman Center for Human Rights Studies","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-05-31T03:02:29+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-21T12:37:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2009\/05\/31\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2009\/05\/31\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2009\/05\/31\/summary-of-the-report-on-qfreedom-of-the-media-in-the-arab-countriesq-2008\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Summary of the report on “Freedom of the Media in the Arab Countries” 2008"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/","name":"Amman Center for Human Rights Studies","description":"Amman Center for Human Rights Studies (ACHRS) is an independent, regional, scientific, advocacy center for studies, research and training on issues of human rights and democracy.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/#organization","name":"Amman Center for Human Rights Studies","url":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/achrs-new-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/achrs-new-logo.jpg","width":2000,"height":2000,"caption":"Amman Center for Human Rights Studies"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ACHRS.JO"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/19d07e037e3c7e490c4494f0a74806e1","name":"ACHRS","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc753396577cd0c464579cec5d6e0996c1e77269025cd9ebe667f519eee219e8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc753396577cd0c464579cec5d6e0996c1e77269025cd9ebe667f519eee219e8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc753396577cd0c464579cec5d6e0996c1e77269025cd9ebe667f519eee219e8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ACHRS"},"url":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/author\/a-yousef\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4244,"href":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions\/4244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}