9th August 2009 - Saudi Arabia closes TV station after sex talk (WP)


Following the controversial broadcast of an interview with a Saudi man speaking frankly about sex, the Saudi authorities have closed for an indefinite period the Jeddah office of the Lebanese-based LBC satellite TV station. The reason for the action, given by Abdul-Rahman al-Hazza, the spokesman of the Ministry of Culture and Information, was the nature of the programme and because it was unlicensed.

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