{"id":75820,"date":"2016-05-31T12:43:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T11:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/?p=75820"},"modified":"2017-03-22T15:27:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T15:27:50","slug":"15-june-press-freedom-in-the-middle-east-challenges-and-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/?p=75820","title":{"rendered":"15 June: Press freedom in the Middle East: challenges and prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-75839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/middle-east-newspaper.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/middle-east-newspaper.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/middle-east-newspaper-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/middle-east-newspaper-146x200.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The New Arab news network invites you to a panel discussion to discuss the challenges faced by the media and journalists in the post-Arab Spring era. The Arab Spring of 2011 presented hope for a region free from dictatorial rule and media constraints, but since the people&#8217;s uprising, much the opposite has happened. The Arab world is still plagued by media censorship, and independent journalism and objective coverage can be a life-threatening exercise.<\/p>\n<p>The Arab Spring of 2011 presented hope for a region free from dictatorial rule and media constraints, but since the people&#8217;s uprising, much the opposite has happened. The Arab world is still plagued by media censorship, and independent journalism and objective coverage can be a life-threatening exercise.This discussion will explore the current state of the media in the region and the future of press freedom in the wider Arab world.<\/p>\n<p>This discussion will explore the current state of the media in the region and the future of press freedom in the wider Arab world.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted and Chaired by SNP MP Tommy Sheppard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers Include:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0Faitma El-Issawi, research fellow, LSE Middle East Centre<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Melody Patry, advocacy officer at Index on Censorship<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Abdu Elshayyal, CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newarab.co.uk\">The New Arab<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> Wednesday, 15 June 2016 from 5.30-7pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:\u00a0<\/strong>Conference Room 15, \u00a0House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/maps\/place\/House+Of+Commons\/@51.4997937,-0.1268818,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x487604c300a74337:0xc755a7d3920c4037!8m2!3d51.4997937!4d-0.1246931\">v<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/maps\/place\/House+Of+Commons\/@51.4997937,-0.1268818,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x487604c300a74337:0xc755a7d3920c4037!8m2!3d51.4997937!4d-0.1246931\">iew map<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tickets<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/press-freedom-in-the-middle-east-challenges-prospects-tickets-25785208252#tickets\">Free, but registration is required<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Arab news network invites you to a panel discussion to discuss the challenges faced by the media and journalists in the post-Arab Spring era<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":75839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[7,4060],"tags":[8361,8360,8358,208,5534,720,727,6726,8359,8357],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75820"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75820"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86505,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75820\/revisions\/86505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}