Sources: AP
The Democratic Republic of the Congo bans Al Jazeera from operating in the country and revokes its press credentials, citing the network's interview with M23 rebel leader Bertrand Bisimwa as an endorsement of terrorism. Authorities warn against reporting on the group, with the justice minister threatening to invoke the death penalty, although no formal law bans such coverage. 2025-01-9
Meta deletes Al Jazeera Arabic presenter Tamer Almisshal's Facebook profile a day after a programme aired an investigation into Meta’s censorship of Palestinian content. 2023-09-10
Malaysian Communications Minister Saifuddin Abdullah retracts his announcement yesterday that video producers on social media would require a license per the 1981 National Film Development Corporation of Malaysia (FINAS) Act, following public outcry. The initial proposal was made following the government's dispute with Al Jazeera over a documentary concerning the discrimination migrant workers faced in the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020-07-23
Foreign Minister of Bangladesh AK Abdul Momen says that it is not the responsibility of his country to rescue more than 500 Rohingya refugees who have been at sea for weeks. Momen tells "Al Jazeera" they "should ask the Myanmar government first because they are their citizens". 2020-04-25
Iraqi authorities ban Qatar-based satellite television network Al Jazeera from broadcasting in the country and closes its offices in Baghdad, accusing it of violating government guidelines issued in 2014 to regulate media “during the war on terror". 2016-04-27
Iran frees detained Al-Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz, who had not been seen since being detained in Syria on April 29. 2011-05-18
It is disclosed that an Al Jazeera journalist imprisoned by the United States at Guantánamo for six years was interrogated about the news network. He claims to have been beaten and sexually assaulted. 2011-04-25
Al-Jazeera reports Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa stating that Libya is suspended from sessions. 2011-02-22
Journalists from Al Jazeera and "The Washington Post" are arrested by Egyptian authorities; Swedish television loses contact with correspondent Bert Sundström. 2011-02-3
Nile TV (state television) journalist Shahira Amin, deputy head of the station, resigns after being threatened and intimidated; she tells Al Jazeera "I can't be part of the propaganda machine and I refuse to be a hypocrite", adding that she feels "liberated". 2011-02-3