Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture bans the transmissions of Al Jazeera English on Lemar TV  10.04.2007 Following instructions from the Ministry of Information and Culture, the Afghan Attorney General’s Office today instructed Lemar TV to cease transmissions of its Al Jazeera English programming.The Ministry of Information and Culture failed to provide reasons (legal and otherwise) for this decision. Article 4 (sub article 2) of the Afghan Media Laws says that the government can in no way interfere, ban, censor other than in accordance with these laws. Meanwhile Article 33 states that the programming deemed as un-Islamic, defamatory, provocative and contrary to our constitution are banned. The Ministry failed to show that any of Al Jazeera’s programming are contrary to Article 33 of the Media Laws. << | >> |
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