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July 4th
- HRW blasts UAE over paper ban (Maktoob): Human Rights Watch has accused the United Arab Emirates of a "serious attack" on press freedom after a newspaper was suspended for reporting the alleged doping of race horses owned by UAE royalty. An Abu Dhabi court order for Emarat Al-Youm to shut down for three weeks was a move that "further undermines press freedom in the United Arab Emirates" , HRW said on Thursday.
July 3rd
- Arabic daily defies court ban (Gulf News): Arabic daily newspaper Emarat Al Youm is continuing to publish, despite a Federal High Court ruling upholding a 20-day ban. The defamation conviction suspended the newspaper for 20 days with its editor-in-chie f Sami Al Reyami fined Dh20,000, in a case raised by the owners of Warsan Stables.
- Did Techcrunch really kill Blognation? Time ? and the courts ? will tell: And it's for that reason that at a ridiculously early hour of the morning, despite my hatred of proper journalism, I picked up the phone and called Sam. Really, I had only one question for him: "Are you out of your fucking mind?" And given that he agreed to speak to me on the record, I can safely say the answer to that question is yes.
- IFJ Calls for Reforms of Press Law after Suspension of Newspaper in UAE (International Federation of Journalists): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today said that the press law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) needs to be reformed to ensure press freedom. The call followed a judgement of the Federal High Court in Abu Dhabi, on Monday 29 June, which upheld the suspension of the Emarat Al Youm newspaper in a libel suit brought by race horses owners based in UAE. The judgment of the Federal High Court cannot be appealed.
- Libel and defamation laws could be used to silence activists, says blogger (Daily News Egypt): As the Egyptian bloggers recently acquitted of libel and defamation of Alexandria Judge Abdel Fattah Murad welcomed the verdict, they also warned that their case demonstrates the risk of libel and defamation laws being used to silence activism in Egypt.
- UAE suspends newspaper over 'horse doping' claims (Arabian Business): A UAE court ordered the suspension of a local newspaper after it published an article claiming horses owned by the Abu Dhabi ruling family were doped, a local daily said on Thursday. The ruling, which was issued on Wednesday and can not be overturned, stipulates that Arabic-languag e Al-Emarat Al-Youm halt publication for 20 days, a verdict effective "within a few days," said the Abu Dhabi-based Al-Ittihad.
- Ken Bates loses high court libel case | David Conn | Sport | guardian.co.uk
July 2nd
July 1st
- UAE daily banned in defamation ruling (Maktoob): UAE arabic daily Emarat Al-Youm has been suspended for 20 days and its editor-in-chie f fined 20,000 dirhams ($5,448) for defamation relating to a 2006 story accusing a stable of giving steroids to horses. The Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal upheld a lower court's previous ruling on the case brought against the newspaper by the owners of Warsan Stables, UAE daily Gulf News reported on Thursday.
- Court upholds Emarat Al Youm suspension (AdNation): An appeals court in Abu Dhabi has upheld a ruling to suspend Arabic daily paper Emarat Al Youm and fine its editor in chief over a defamatory story published in 2006. The 2006 story alleged that Warsan Stables had doped horses with steroids for a horse race in Abu Dhabi. The original ruling came down in November 2008.
- Suspension of Arabic daily upheld (Gulf News): Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal upheld a defamation conviction against Arabic daily Emarat Al Youm, suspending the newspaper for 20 days and fining Editor-in-Chie f Sami Al Reyami Dh20,000 in a defamation case raised by Warsan Stables' owners. The case stemmed from an October 2006 article that accused Warsan Stables of giving steroids to horses in an Abu Dhabi race.
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