Kuwait: TV Channel and newspapers shut down

11 Jan 2011

The Kuwaiti satellite channel Mubasher and newspaper Al-Mustaqbal, both owned by Shaikh Fahd Salem Al Ali have been banned by the country’s ministry of commerce on a request by the ministry of information.

The ministry of commerce cited ”irregularities” as reason for the closures, however the Arabic Network for Human Rights alleges that the real reason is the broadcast of anti-government seminars and demonstrations by the channel.

Talk about this story

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Digg
  • LinkedIn
  • Blogger
  • StumbleUpon
  • Email
  • RSS

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

«  •  »

  1. Tweets that mention Kuwait: TV Channel and newspapers shut down -- Topsy.com

    January 11, 2011 at 13:27

    [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Press Freedom. Press Freedom said: [Index on Censorship] Kuwait: TV Channel and newspapers shut down http://bit.ly/gOSBMx [...]

  2. Ban on Kuwaiti papers and TV channel - This is a website devoted to Breaking News - dorissays.com

    January 13, 2011 at 09:17

    [...] Sources: ANHRI/Index on Censorship [...]

2 Responses to “Kuwait: TV Channel and newspapers shut down”