September 26th, 2007 marks a very pleasant day for journalism in both Jordan and the UAE, as both King Abdullah II and Shaikh Mohammed Bin Rashid, coincidentally, stood up for freedom of speech in their countries: a move that was widely celebrated in all local newspapers and journalists associations.
King Abdullah II confirms that there will be no restrictions on freedom of speech.
ROCK ON! 
You mean December 26 or September 26???
Rock on HASHIMI !
oops, thanks hatem! obviously I can’t wait for Christmas to come
haha…dang..i missed the december thing
….and YAY! 
It’s a great sign indeed: particularly in the UAE as it looks as if two journalists will escape a 2 month jail term because of the move. But there’s a long way still to go before we have a free media - and there’s as much work to do to cut commercial censorship and ‘wasta’ as there is in changing laws and regulations!!!
But we see a little light, no?
Yahoo!
great news!
That’s good, everyone here was bewildered when the journalists were imprisoned!
great news…but IMO the problem doesn’t exists for the freedom of speech..but for who listens and cares about the written stuff.