Index on Censorship » Oman http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » Oman http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Oman: Officials threaten to shut down newspaper http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/oman-officials-threaten-to-shut-down-newspaper/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/oman-officials-threaten-to-shut-down-newspaper/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:41:03 +0000 Sara Yasin http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=25591  Omani officials are threatening to shut down Al-Zaman, an independent newspaper, after it published allegations of corruption in the Ministry of Justice.  Youssef al-Haj was interrogated for writing the articles questioning the Ministry’s decision to prevent Haroun al-Mukbeeli, a long-time civil servant, from appealing a refusal to provide him with an increase in salary and grade. He [...]

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]]>  Omani officials are threatening to shut down Al-Zaman, an independent newspaper, after it published allegations of corruption in the Ministry of Justice.  Youssef al-Haj was interrogated for writing the articles questioning the Ministry’s decision to prevent Haroun al-Mukbeeli, a long-time civil servant, from appealing a refusal to provide him with an increase in salary and grade. He was eventually ordered to stop any protest of the decision. Following the release of the article, officials banned Al-Haj from writing, and he could potentially serve time in prison.  The editor-in-chief of the paper, Ibrahim al-Ma’mari, was also interrogated by officials.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/oman-officials-threaten-to-shut-down-newspaper/feed/ 0 Oman: Six protesters killed in clashes with police http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/02/oman-six-protesters-killed-in-clashes-with-police/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/02/oman-six-protesters-killed-in-clashes-with-police/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:34:15 +0000 Mohammad Fakhar Zaman http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=20698 Pro-reform demonstrators in the industrial town of Sohar have clashed with police, leading to the deaths of six protesters. The protesters, demanding political and economic reforms, had blocked roads, attacked government buildings, and tried to free detainees from the town’s police station.

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]]> clashed with police, leading to the deaths of six protesters. The protesters, demanding political and economic reforms, had blocked roads, attacked government buildings, and tried to free detainees from the town’s police station.

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