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Clashes erupt between French police, fans following ‘racist’ ban on FIFA Arab Cup celebrations

The decision has been described as “racist” and comes amid a series of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim orders passed by the government. Clashes between French police and supporters from a number…

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Security forces storm Al Jazeera’s Tunisia office amid political unrest

Anti-government protests erupted in Tunis late on Sunday following President Kais Saied’s decision to suspend the parliament and the country’s prime minister. Tunisian security forces stormed Al Jazeera’s office in…

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Al Jazeera journalist ‘forcibly disappeared’ in Egypt upon arrival

The Qatari broadcaster went live from Cairo for the first time in eight years on Saturday. Egyptian security services at the Cairo International Airport arrested Al Jazeera journalist Rabie Al-Sheikh…

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Phone has been ‘monitored for years’, Qatar’s former PM says amid Pegasus scandal

The Pegasus scandal broke out last week following an Amnesty International investigation that identified hundreds who were selected for potential targeting using the spyware tool. Qatar’s former prime minister, Hamad…

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Ooredoo-Myanmar among telecoms facing junta ban on travel: reports

Qatar’s Ooredoo was among the telecommunications companies in Myanmar targeted by the military during the coup. Senior foreign executives of major telecommunications firms operating in Myanmar have been told by…

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Emirati dissident Alaa Al-Siddiq to be buried in Qatar

The Emirati dissident previously sought political asylum with her husband Abdulrahman Bajubeir in Qatar in an attempt to flee a crackdown on activists by Abu Dhabi. The body of prominent…

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Israel conducts mass arrests of Palestinians

Israel continues to provoke Palestinians despite the Qatar and Egypt-brokered Gaza ceasefire, which came into effect on Friday, 21 May at 02:00. Palestinian academics, writers and activists have warned of…

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Arab nations among worst jailers of journalists in the world

Hundreds of journalists remain behind bars for reporting the truth in several countries around the Arab World, while the region as a whole remains a dangerous place to be involved…

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OPINION: With major events on the horizon, media freedom will be essential for Qatar

While Qatar’s commitment to press freedom is encouraging, additional measures are required to promote more media freedom, writes Ambassador Stefanie McCollum on World Press Freedom Day 2021. Last week, Al-Sharq…

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