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The Israeli Ministry of Communications seizes broadcasting equipment from the Associated Press and suspends their live feed of Gaza, accusing them of breaking the new media law by supplying images to Al Jazeera.
2024-05-21

Mohamed Morsi, former President of Egypt, is sentenced to life imprisonment and another 15 years for his role in allegedly leaking government secrets to Qatar. Six people, including two Al Jazeera employees, are sentenced to death.
2016-06-18

An Egyptian court sentences Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy, and Baher Mohamed each to three years jail for "aiding a terrorist organization" and falsifying news. Greste, who earlier was deported to Australia, was tried in absentia. Mohamed, an Egyptian, was sentenced to an additional six months for possession of a spent bullet casing; Fahmy is a Canadian national.
2015-08-29

A court in Egypt postpones a verdict in the prominent trial of two journalists with Al-Jazeera, who have been charged with aiding the Muslim Brotherhood.
2015-08-2

Muslim mobs attack Christian protesters calling for the Egyptian government to take action to reduce religious tensions in Cairo; 65 people are injured.
2011-05-15

Al Jazeera's Cairo office is stormed by "gangs of thugs" who ransack it and set it on fire as attacks on foreign journalists continue.
2011-02-4

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) compiles a list of members of the media who have come under attack in Egypt today.
2011-02-2

International press institutes, including the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Doha Centre for Media Freedom and Reporters Without Borders, condemn attempts by the Mubarak regime to quell the freedom of the press as protests continue.
2011-01-31

NDP headquarters are set on fire in Cairo, with Al Jazeera footage showing the building ablaze.
2011-01-28

Israel's Press Office apologises for what "The Jerusalem Post" dubbed "Bra-Gate" - the security screening of several international journalists forced to remove their underwear and denial of entry to Al Jazeera producer Najwan Simri Diab after she refused to remove her bra. Najwan Simri Diab says she did not wish for an apology, only to be assured that it won't happen again.
2011-01-14