position:al jazeera journalist

#Lebanon Issues Arrest Warrant for #Al_Jazeera #journalist After Court No-Show
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanon-issues-arrest-warrant-al-jazeera-journalist-after-court-n

Lebanese prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for #Faisal_al-Qassem, news presenter at Qatar-owned satellite channel Al Jazeera, claiming that he insulted the army and promoted sectarian strife, a Lebanese judicial source said Wednesday. Al-Qassem, for his part, claimed on Facebook that the arrest warrant was provoked by an episode of his controversial show broadcast Tuesday night, which asked: “Why does the #lebanese_army treat Syrian refugees fascistically?” since the warrant came one day after the episode was aired. read more

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Juste avant le verdict contre les journalistes d’Al Jazeera, le Premier ministre australien félicitait Sisi pour la répression des Frères musulmans (tout en appelant à la clémence pour le ressortissant australien) : Peter Greste trial : Tony Abbott appeals to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to release Australian Al Jazeera journalist
▻https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/24291475/peter-greste-trial-julie-bishop-pushes-for-australian-al-jazeera-jour

"I congratulated him on the work that the new government of Egypt had done to crack down on the Muslim Brotherhood, which is, if you like, the spiritual author and father of some of these even more radical groups.

#Al_Jazeera journalist denounces « baseless » charges at #Egypt trial
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/al-jazeera-journalist-denounces-baseless-charges-egypt-trial

Al Jazeera’s Australian reporter Peter Greste, on trial in Egypt with fellow journalists, said in court Monday that he and his colleagues have spent three months in jail on “baseless” charges. Greste was speaking to reporters from a caged dock as the court heard testimonies from five witnesses, including three security officers. Greste and two other journalists with Al Jazeera English are charged with spreading false news and supporting the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood of deposed president Mohammed Mursi. read more

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