The Court of Press and Publications dropped on
Tuesday lawsuits for eight cases involving 33 journalists
This came within the implementation
of the presidential pardon decision on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of
the Unification Day.Minister of Justice Ghazi al-Aghbari told Saba that this
decision included 33 journalists, who have been brought to trial before the
court on charges of harming the national unity, inciting regionalism and
insulting statutory bodies and disseminating false information to weaken the
armed forces."All legal actions have been taken with regard to the
sentences issued against the journalists to drop these sentences according to
the decision of the presidential pardon", al-Aghbari added.