Thursday, April 06, 2006

Reporters Without Borders discuss press freedoms


Nabil Benabdallah, The Minister of Communication Spokesperson of the Government, on Wednesday met the secretary general of Reporters Without Borders, Robert Ménard (pictured below) - the organisation's official in charge of the Middle East and North Africa.


According to a report carried by the official Maghreb Arabe Press, they discussed freedom of speech and press, as well as pluralism. Benabdallah described the positive evolution of communication in Morocco - which has led to audiovisual liberalisation, the conclusion of a programme contract between public authorities and Moroccan newspaper editors, and a press code overhaul. Talks also touched on recent trials involving the press. The meeting was also attended by other officials of the Ministry of Communication.

During the meeting the minister touched on the different advances in the communication field.

He highlighted the liberation of the audiovisual sector, the signature of a contract programme between the authorities and the Moroccan Federation of Newspaper's Publishers (FMEJ), and the revision, underway, of the press code which is being undertaken in partnership with the different actor in the domain.

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