POMED Notes: Hearing on Censorship in Arab Media

Today the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs held a hearing entitled, “That which is not obligatory is prohibited: Censorship and Incitement in the Arab World.” The hearing focused on the various progress, or lack thereof, of the freedom of the press across the region.

Joel Campagna of Committee to Protect Journalists, Richard Eisendorf of Freedom House, and Kenneth Jacobson of the Anti-Defamation League testified at the hearing. Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Gary Ackerman presided over the hearing.

For full POMED notes on the hearing, click here.