Why is the Gulf scared of free press?
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Doha News asks what’s holding back progress in the Gulf and the wider Arab region. Hands up if you think it’s your…
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Report: Amid declining global freedom, Qatar remains ‘not free’
The rankings assess 195 countries based on 25 factors, including political rights and civil liberties. Qatar fared poorly in terms of both of these factors, bringing down its overall score.
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Qatar desert ‘the graveyard of young men,’ resident says
There is no graffiti in Doha, but in the dunes Qatari youths have created a culture for themselves away from the home, mosque, school and shopping mall. Geir O’Rourke, an…
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“There is no freedom of expression in Qatar and yet there is so much to be disclosed about its problems and injustices”
An anonymous Bahraini contemporary artist, as quoted by The New York Times in the article “Qatar’s Royal Patronage of the Arts: Glittering but Empty.” Agree, disagree? Link submitted by Owen Watson…
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