RSF slams Israel

Published December 28, 2002

PARIS, Dec 27: The Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) has condemned Israel for what it characterizes as its “very excessive” decision in closing down weekly Sawt al-Haq wa Al- Hurriya (Voice of Truth and Freedom) on grounds that it “threatens national security.”

The RSF called on Interior Minister Eli Yishai to reconsider the closure in the light of Israeli legal precedent, notably the “Kol Ha’am decision”, which said a newspaper can only be shut down if it is an “almost certain” danger to national security.

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