Riachy from Press Club refuses injustice targeting journalists

28 December 2016 English

Information Minister, Melhem Riachy, said on Wednesday that he utterly refused having journalists be subjected to any sort of injustice.

“The Ministry of Information will be a ministry for journalists. It will support freedom, professional ethics, and will protect all those who are subjected to injustice,” he added in a word he had delivered at a reception dinner by the Press Club.

Riachy also promised that the Ministry of Information would not remain idle in case of any professional discrimination.

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