The Press Syndicate issued a statement Friday condemning caretaker Energy Minister Gibran Bassil’s action in removing reporter Rabih Chantaf from a news conference at the ministry Wednesday. The statement affirmed that mutual respect should be the basis of the relationship between members of the media and all officials within or outside the government. “We hope that what happened to reporter Rabih Chantaf at the Energy Ministry will not be repeated,” said the statement, which also emphasized the need for media freedom and journalists’ right to obtain full and accurate information from any ministry or official department.
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