New protections instituted for UAE media :: Gulf News

The media community yesterday praised Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Interior, for ordering police departments in the UAE to draw up a new mechanism to deal with the press and cases against journalists.

Shaikh Saif personally intervened after a Gulf News reporter was detained at Dubai International Airport and prevented from travelling on an official assignment following an arrest warrant issued by Sharjah police.

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