Flagging Qatar

20 Nov, 2009  Random

I was quite proud of a micro-moment today! Engadget changed their design today. It’s a site that I frequent for my tech-news. I was kind of shocked at first. OMG did they brand the whole page just for chrome? So I visited “Welcome to the next Engadget” ’s thread. Scrolling down I noticed that they had discussed their new commenting system and low-and-behold I see a Qatari flag! They used one of my comments as a screenshot!

Felt like a double-proud moment seeing a Qatari flag and my post used as an example on Engadget. :) (On a side note, in the cyber-world, my alias is ‘amnesia’, just in case people didn’t realize.)

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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.