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  • December 23, 2020
    Journalist murdered in Afghanistan is third in six weeks

    Afghan journalists and media must not be condemned to helplessness by the silence from international bodies, says RSF.

  • August 11, 2017
    Al-Jazeera: how dark are the clouds?

    My maternal grandfather was a news junkie. From the moment he would wake up in the morning, his ‘transistor’ radio never left his side.

  • August 8, 2017
    Israel's plans to shut down Al-Jazeera condemned

    Human rights and media organisations have condemned the announcement by Israel's communications minister, Ayoub Kara, that the Israeli government has decided to close Al Jazeera' s office in Jerusalem and take the channel off air.

  • March 30, 2016
    Is Europe really 'under attack'?

    Much as it is an understatement to say that I was shaken by the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015, so it is the case with the terrorist assaults on Brussels earlier this month.

  • September 1, 2015
    New guilty verdicts against Al Jazeera journalists 'a mockery of justice'

    The guilty verdicts handed down to three Al Jazeera journalists are an affront to justice which sounds the death knell for freedom of expression in Egypt, says Amnesty.

  • January 2, 2015
    Retrial of Al Jazeera journalists raises hopes of freedom

    An Egyptian court’s call for a retrial of three jailed Al Jazeera journalists leaves them still unjustly incarcerated, Amnesty says.

  • March 26, 2012
    Media (mis)representations of ‘religion’ in the Middle East

    It is almost a truism to note that if the mainstream media is our only source of news regarding anything to do with religion (however that might be conceived) in the Middle East, or even the Middle East in general, we are in deep trouble, says Dr Michael Marten. Here he analyses some of the major misunderstandings, urging the BBC and others to 'up their game' and to have the courage to address difficult and contentious issues appropriately.

  • January 31, 2012
    UN debate about Syria analysed on television

    Regional analyst and Ekklesia associate Dr Harry Hagopian will be expert commentator assisting the presenter for the Al-Jazeera (English) from 7:30 till 10:30 PM tonight (31 January 2012).

  • October 14, 2011
    Focus on Middle East Quartet policy, rather than Tony Blair

    As discussions over the future of Israel and Palestine resumes in Brussels this weekend, attention has once again turned towards the role of the Quartet on the Middle East, the collectivity of nations and international and supranational bodies involved in mediating the peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

  • February 21, 2011
    The 'Palestine papers' and Palestinian realities

    The 'Palestine Papers' published by al Jazeera, giving a detailed insight into the negotiating tactics of the PLO leadership, raise crucial and difficult issues for Palestinians, says Harry Hagopian. But could the world community convert the attention into another initiative for peace with justice in the region?