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Life

Charges against JCC executives officially dropped in Qatar court

The trio has also reached a settlement with Al Jazeera outside of court to receive some 3.5 years worth of payment in salaries that they would have earned, had they not been fired in September 2011.

2 min

Life

Qatar prosecutor moves to drop charges against former JCC executives

Representatives of the trio’s former employer – Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) – failed to appear in court yesterday and have so far refused to provide a written endorsement of the legal move.

2 min

Business

TV network agrees to dropping charges against former executives

With the prosecutor and JCC agreeing to withdraw the charges, the judge adjourned today’s court session and scheduled a hearing for Feb. 12 to deliver his verdict.

3 min

Life

Qatar Media to review 3,000 hours of programming as JCC trial continues

While the legal proceedings appear poised to continue on into the new year, a diplomatic agreement is hoped to lead to the dismissal of charges against three former Al Jazeera Children’s Channel executives.

3 min

Life

Instead of verdict, more delays for JCC trio on trial in Qatar

The case against three former Al Jazeera Children's Channel executives has been adjourned until October, when a newly appointed committee is slated to back with a review of seven years of program spending.

3 min

Doha court fines JCC lawyer QR10,000 as trial set to resume

A request by a lawyer for the Al Jazeera Children’s Channel to replace the lead judge hearing the fraud trial has been rejected, but has added further delays to a dispute about to enter its third year.

3 min

Life

Former JCC executives feel ‘relief’ after presenting case to Doha judge

Addressing the court directly for the first time, the defendants said receipts and other documentation show that no money was mismanaged or misappropriated during their time at Al Jazeera Children's Channel.

3 min

Business

Lawyer seeks judge’s removal in trial of former JCC executives

The former manager of Al Jazeera Children’s Channel has called the latest delay “the peak of absurdity,” as the financial strain of being unable to work in Qatar or leave the country intensify.

4 min

News

Two years on, Qatar travel ban puts former TV execs in dire straits

It’s been two years to the day since Mahmoud Bouneb and dozens of other executives at Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) were inexplicably sacked from their jobs and banned from leaving Qatar.

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