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‘Ban on Iran channels lacks legal basis’ -Video

“This is a great disaster from the point of view of Britain, America and France. We would not be in this terrible nonsense in Syria supporting al-Qaeda and supporting the Saudis in their attempt to wreck Syria if we had proper debate on the BBC, on the ITV and on the Sky; but we do not get that debate,” the analyst explained

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“I think what is behind it is some authoritarian personality in the United States of America and/or Paris, and/or London, who are thoroughly debased in their thinking, who have not the slightest trace of liberal values at all,” William Spring said in an interview with Press TV on Thursday.

He went on to say that although it is clear that banning Iranian media has no legal basis, getting this message across to European governments and the European courts is extremely difficult.

“I made an application for an injunction [and] judicial review in the UK courts, when they first took Press TV off the air and they, basically, did not appear to want to listen to legal arguments at all,” Spring added.

The activist also noted that the authoritarian personality in Europe permeates the thinking of the British, French and American establishments which say under no circumstances must free speech be allowed and it must be discouraged.

“This is a great disaster from the point of view of Britain, America and France. We would not be in this terrible nonsense in Syria supporting al-Qaeda and supporting the Saudis in their attempt to wreck Syria if we had proper debate on the BBC, on the ITV and on the Sky; but we do not get that debate,” the analyst explained

On Wednesday, the Arab satellite provider Gulfsat banned Iranian channels iFilm and Al-Kawthar under direct pressure from the European satellite company, Eutelsat.

The fresh encroachment upon freedom of speech targeting movie channel, iFilm, and Iran’s Arabic-language Al-Kawthar came one day after Eutelsat, owned by Franco-Israeli Michel de Rosen, asked Nilesat to take Press TV off the air.

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Video on link:

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/02/22/290322/ban-on-iran-channels-lacks-legal-basis/

February 22, 2013 - Posted by arclight2011 | Uncategorized