Feb 26 2013
Woe
By Daoud Kuttab
Amazing what a difference a year can make. Last year we met in Tunis and signed agreements with young activists in various countries to do what seemed the impossible. Defy the logic that has prevailed in the Arab world namely that it is easier to change governments and bring down dictators than it is to change a media regulatory system.
But in one year we are seeing ordinary people regain their voice, sit behind microphones, answer phones of their own public and broadcast whatever their own local communities wanted to hear and talk about.
It wasn’t easy, it took courage, strong will and an unshakable belief in the simple right that is expressed in the 19th article of the Universal declaration of Human rights- Continue Reading »