1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2006: Saudi Arabia - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="voL28SfLAK"><a href="https://cpj.org/2007/02/attacks-on-the-press-2006-saudi-arabia/">Attacks on the Press 2006: Saudi Arabia</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2007/02/attacks-on-the-press-2006-saudi-arabia/embed/#?secret=voL28SfLAK" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2006: Saudi Arabia” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="voL28SfLAK" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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SAUDI ARABIA Prompted by post-9/11 criticism that Saudi Arabia’s closed society had bred violent religious extremism, the government has eased constraints on the country’s heavily censored domestic press, and local journalists have seized the initiative to produce more daring reports on crime, drug trafficking, unemployment, and religious extremism. But progress has been uneven and limited,…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260