24 May 2010 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost, Uncategorized
Al-Jazeera was suspended from operating in Bahrain on 19 May. The government said the news channel was “flouting the laws regulating the press and publishing” in the country and did not comply with “professional norms.” The bureau’s suspension includes both the Arabic and English stations and Bahrain-based online content; and an Al-Jazeera film crew have been denied entry into the country. Some reports claim a report Al-Jazeera aired on poverty in Bahrain may have been the catalyst for the ban.
8 Apr 2010 | Uncategorized
Richard Gizbert of Al Jazeera’s Listening Post interviewed Maziar Bahari at the Index on Censorship Free Expression Awards. Watch it below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uwBC03qZbc
8 Mar 2010 | Uncategorized
Al-Jazeera’s Listening Post programme recently carried a feature on the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, featuring me and Julian Assange of Index on Censorship Award winner Julian Assange of Wikileaks.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGiPjIE1pE
10 Aug 2009 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost
A government campaign is taking place in Tunisia to discredit Al Jazeera as “the mouthpiece of opposition” to President Ben Ali’s government according to Reporters Without Borders. State owned media and television are being seen to criticise the Doha run news service. Al Jazeera Tunisia correspondent Lofti Hajji has had his activities severely restricted and police have prevented him from interviewing human rights activists and his internet connection has been cut for the past month. Read more here
