61.   Hamed said his arrest violated the right to freedom of speech and the Palestinian press law.

62.   He said it was revenge for his criticism of a new press law decreed by the government in June.

63.   He said the temporary press law has been sent to Parliament and that it was up to deputies to decide its fate.

64.   He says he understands the press law and agrees with it.

65.   Hussein has been an outspoken critic of the press law, passed by Parliament in May.

66.   I disagree with him on the press law.

67.   In addition to these new draft laws, the government will present a new election law and will ask Parliament to endorse the temporary press law.

68.   In another attempt to ensure their independence, Egyptian journalists urged the government Sunday to drop prison sentences from a revamped press law.

69.   It said the Iranian press law stipulates that such courts should hold their proceedings in public and in the presence of a jury.

70.   It urged him, too, to stop prosecuting journalists under the new press law.