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Al Araby TV moves closer to Arab viewers with new studio in Qatar

The channel had started its countdown for its launch earlier this month under the hashtag #AlArabyOnArabLand. Al Araby TV is scheduled to officially broadcast from Qatar for the first time…

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The Roundup | 11 January 2022

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‘Visionary’ Father Amir marks 25 years of Al Jazeera

The Qatar-based broadcaster celebrated its 25th year on air on Monday. Father Amir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani marked Al Jazeera’s 25th anniversary at the network’s headquarters in Qatar,…

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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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How Arab regimes used Israeli spyware to spy on activists, journalists

More than 50,000 people in 40 countries are potentially at risk due to Israel’s Pegasus spyware tool. A report published by Amnesty International found that NSO Group is licensing its…

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Al Jazeera correspondent injured during coverage of Jerusalem sit-in

Earlier this week, Israel arrested a prominent Al Jazeera correspondent while she reported peaceful protests at Sheikh Jarrah. Al Jazeera’s Palestinian correspondent Najwan Simri was injured by shrapnel from a…

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Qatar slams ‘baseless’ The Times article on terror funding

The author of the article has been previously accused of “Islamophobia” and “racism”. Qatar has slammed an article published by UK-based The Times that accused the the Gulf state 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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Where do Gulf states rank on press freedom?

Freedom of the press in the Gulf has been under international microscopes, with restrictions that cost journalists jail time, or even their lives. The brutal murder of Saudi journalist and…

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