Richard Gizbert of Al Jazeera’s Listening Post interviewed Maziar Bahari at the Index on Censorship Free Expression Awards. Watch it below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uwBC03qZbc
Al-Jazeera’s Listening Post programme recently carried a feature on the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, featuring me and Julian Assange of Index on Censorship Award winner Julian Assange of Wikileaks.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGiPjIE1pE
A government campaign is taking place in Tunisia to discredit Al Jazeera as “the mouthpiece of opposition” to President Ben Ali’s government according to Reporters Without Borders. State owned media and television are being seen to criticise the Doha run news service. Al Jazeera Tunisia correspondent Lofti Hajji has had his activities severely restricted and police have prevented him from interviewing human rights activists and his internet connection has been cut for the past month. Read more here
Al-Jazeera has resumed its broadcasts in the West Bank, after a ban on it was lifted by the Palestinian Authority. Last week’s ban came after a guest on the station accused Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas of collaborating with Israel to have Yasser Arafat killed. Read more here