Posts Tagged ‘Al Jazeera’

Egypt sentences 3 Al Jazeera reporters to 3 years in prison

Baher Mohamed, a journalist with Al Jazeera English, in the court room on Saturday in Cairo. Credit Asmaa Waguih/Reuters A judge in Egypt today delivered a verdict in the trial of three news reporters from Al Jazeera English. They are sentenced to three years in prison, on charges widely believed to be […]

Al-Jazeera Egypt shut down for ‘sowing dissent’

AFP Sept 12, 2011 CAIRO — The satellite channel Al-Jazeera Egypt said on Sunday the authorities had prevented it from broadcasting, after entering its offices and confiscating transmission equipment. Ahmed Zain, the channel’s chief in Cairo, told AFP that police, officers from the culture ministry and representatives of Egypt’s public broadcaster had also seized materials […]

Al-Jazeera – biased coverage of Libya and Syria?

Russia Today Saturday, September 3, 2011 Syria is thought to be on the brink of a revolution. And many around the world are questioning the media coverage coming out of the violence worn country. The political instability has claimed the lives of thousands. Danny Schechter, filmmaker and blogger at NewsDissector.org, is going to break down […]

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