Behind the scenes

12 Dec, 2008  Random

Oh my God! Where did you go? Don’t fret. I’m still here on the 4th day of eid, toiling away behind the scenes at making ILQ a better place and hopefully with a few surprises up my sleeve. I’ve just updated the blog so it should be optimized better and load up faster, unified various sections on ILQ (although there’s still plenty to do), done a bit of shopping for ILQ’s new offices, added additional content, and set up a few promotions, including Barzan Digital’s promotion. See here.

I need to highlight that ILQ is supporting HedKandi’s International Circus on New Year’s Eve. It’s an event that is going to happen in 22 countries simultaneously at the Sheraton. I’ll post more one I get a bit of sleep! See here.

Freedom of Expression

    Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which the Qatari Government is a signatory of states: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any medias and regardless of any frontiers.

    The Emiri Decision Number 86 of the year 2007 on the establishment of the Doha Free Information Centre marked yet another step towards establishing a State of rights and freedom of speech. The decision stipulated that the Centre be a non-profit organization, headquartered in Doha City, and have the authority to establish other affiliated centres inside and outside Qatar. It is worth mentioning that His Highness the Emir issued a decision in 1998 annulling the ministry of information, giving birth to a new era of freedom of speech where censorship was removed from local media.