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Dubai court upholds fine on al-Arabiya satellite network
Feb 2, 2010, 10:44 GMT
Dubai - A Dubai appeals court has confirmed a verdict ordering the al-Arabiya satellite news channel to compensate a Saudi prince for not airing an interview it conducted with him.
The court upheld a December verdict ordering al-Arabiya, which is funded by Saudi money but based in Dubai, to pay 100,000 dirhams (27,220 dollars) in civil compensation to Prince Doctor Saif al-Islam bin Saud bin Abdel-Aziz al-Saud, the daily al-Khaleej reported Tuesday.
'The channel failed to adhere to the media code of ethics and breached the nobility and morality of journalism,' the court reportedly ruled.
The ruling said that the 'failure to broadcast the interview inflicted emotional, moral and social damage on the prince.'
Prince Saif al-Islam had sought 500,000 dirhams in compensation after the station elected not to use an interview with him, but the court said it would award only a lower, 'symbolic compensation.'
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