19 May 2004 05:21
Duma refuses to forbid televised reports on terrorist acts
MOSCOW. May 19 (Interfax) - The State Duma rejected a bill that would have forbidden televised reports on terrorist
acts on Wednesday.
United Russia party member Mikhail Yurevich initiated the amendments to the law on mass media. The bill did not pass
in its first reading, and it was decided that the bill will not be voted on again.
Yurevich suggested that is should be forbidden to publish any information about terrorist acts via television
channels, except for information presented by law enforcement agencies.
Duma information policy committee chairman Valery Komissarov said the bill does not comply with article 29 of the
Russian constitution, which proclaims every Russian citizen's right to receive information and forbids any
censorship.
Komissarov also said that Duma members have already accepted a law that forbids televising materials that may be used
by terrorists to plan further actions, such as the materials that were shown during the terrorist attack on the Dubrovka
theater in Moscow. [RU EUROPE EEU EMRG ASIA POL LAW] aa tl <>
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