Hadi al-Marai,who head Iraq's Press Freedom and Observation center says the outcome could have been worse.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

"And,it's turning very critical of the press freedom and it's no more an example for the rest of the sub-region in terms of media freedom."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

its press freedom non-existent and demonstrations broken up by "repressive" security services - all that face-to-face with arguably the most powerful man in the country.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Yet the government of the new nation did not always accept freedom of the press.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

That ruling was considered a major success for freedom of the press.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

The United States Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and the press.

VOA: special.2009.03.21

In an address in August, president Ernest Bai Koroma reassured the commission of his government's commitment to enhancing freedom of the press.

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