Al Jazeera Arabic
Qatari television channel
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| January 9 2025 | Democratic Republic of the Congo banned Al Jazeera after the network aired an interview with Bertrand Bisimwa, the rebel leader of the March 23 Movement, following previous threats from Justice Minister Constant Mutamba against journalists reporting on M23 rebels. |
| 2024 | Al Jazeera released a controversial documentary accusing Sweden of kidnapping children, which was criticized by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson as 'dangerous for Sweden' and potentially increasing threats towards the country. |
| December 2024 | Fatah condemned Al Jazeera's coverage of clashes in the Jenin refugee camp, accusing the network of fostering division. As a result, Al Jazeera was banned from broadcasting within the West Bank. |
| September 30 2024 | Scheduled end of Al Jazeera English broadcast on Freeview channel 235, with service to continue on channel 251 as a streaming service. |
| September 22 2024 | Israel closed the Al Jazeera bureau in Ramallah, with heavily armed and masked Israeli soldiers delivering a 45-day closure order. |
| August 2024 | Al Jazeera was accused of leading an eruption of antisemitism and accused Arab leaders of having 'Jews ruling among them'. |
| June 2024 | Following the rescue of Israeli hostages, it was revealed that a person who wrote an Op-Ed for Al Jazeera was involved in holding hostages. The network denied involvement, and was later criticized for censoring a doctor's criticism of Hamas in a video. |
| May 5 2024 | Israeli government shut down Al Jazeera in Israel and authorized seizure of its equipment, with an Israeli court later deeming the network a propaganda and intelligence arm of Hamas. |
| April 1 2024 | Israel's parliament approved a law allowing the shutdown of Al Jazeera broadcasts in the country, with Prime Minister Netanyahu accusing the network of participating in and inciting against the October 7 massacre. |
| March 2024 | Al Jazeera published a story alleging IDF soldiers committed rape at al-Shifa Hospital, which was later found to be fabricated by a Gazan woman. The story was subsequently removed and the former managing director admitted it was fabricated. |
| 2023 | The defamation lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice when Howard and Zimmerman dropped their claims against Al Jazeera. |
| December 15 2023 | Al Jazeera cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa was killed by an Israeli airstrike that also targeted and injured bureau chief Wael Al-Dahdouh. |
| June 2023 | The Allahabad High Court in Uttar Pradesh banned Al Jazeera's documentary 'Who Lit the Fuse?', which investigates Hindu nationalist groups and challenges faced by India's Muslim minority. |
| 2022 | Multiple staff alleged bullying and harassment at Al Jazeera, following an investigation by BBC which revealed multiple complaints against senior employees, including veteran broadcaster Kamahl Santamaria who quit TVNZ after harassment allegations. |
| May 11 2022 | Shireen Abu Akleh is fatally shot in the head while reporting on Israeli raids in Jenin, West Bank. The circumstances of her death are disputed between Al Jazeera and Israeli Defense Forces, with conflicting accounts of the source of gunfire. |
| January 2021 | Al Jazeera Media attorneys presented sealed evidence in court, claiming to support their original report about performance-enhancing drugs. |
| August 4 2020 | Malaysian police and communications commission personnel raided Al Jazeera's office near the Petronas Towers, seizing multiple devices as part of an investigation into the documentary. Al Jazeera English managing director Giles Trendle condemned the raid as an attack on media freedom. |
| July 3 2020 | Al Jazeera aired the documentary 'Locked Up in Malaysia's Lockdown', investigating the treatment of illegal migrants and foreign workers during Malaysia's COVID-19 lockdown, which prompted strong government criticism and allegations of false reporting. |
| 2019 | Undercover reporter Rodger Muller organized a secret meeting with One Nation staffers Steve Ashby and Steve Dickson in Washington DC, during which he recorded them with a hidden camera while posing as the founder of a fake gun lobby. |
| June 2019 | Sudan summoned its envoy in Qatar for consultation, indicating further diplomatic strain after the closure of Al Jazeera's office and the fall of Omar al-Bashir's regime. |
| May 2019 | Sudan closed Al Jazeera's office, escalating tensions between the two countries following the political changes in Sudan. |
| May 2019 | AJ+ produced a video denying and minimizing the Holocaust, which Al Jazeera subsequently deleted, acknowledging it violated their editorial standards. |
| 2018 | Al Jazeera reported details about a 1996 alleged coup attempt in Qatar, claiming the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt plotted to overthrow Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, which the UAE denied and called a fabrication. |
| November 2018 | The four episodes of The Lobby—USA were leaked and released by Electronic Intifada, Orient XXI, and Al Akhbar newspaper. |
| November 2018 | Al Jazeera exposed a pitch-fixing and match-tampering documentary titled 'Cricket's Match-Fixers', revealing secret plans to fix test matches at Galle International Stadium during the England-Sri Lanka test series. |
| August 2018 | Al Jazeera censored the documentary series 'Rotas da Escravatura' (Slavery Routes), specifically deleting the first episode which explored the Muslim Empire's historical slave trade across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The network subsequently made a false claim that slavery in Africa was initiated by the Portuguese. |
| April 10 2018 | Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, lobbied the Qatari government against screening the documentary series on the American pro-Israel lobby. |
| March 2018 | A bipartisan group of US lawmakers, including Josh Gottheimer, Lee Zeldin, and Ted Cruz, urged the US Attorney General to investigate Al Jazeera for potential foreign agent registration and infiltration of nonprofit organizations. |
| February 8 2018 | Qatari leaders reassured American Jewish organization leaders that Al Jazeera would not air its documentary series on the Israel lobby in the United States. |
| 2017 | Al Jazeera reported match-fixing in the test match between India and Sri Lanka at Galle International Stadium, with bookmakers allegedly bribing the groundsman. |
| October 11 2017 | Al Jazeera publicly admitted to installing an undercover journalist in Washington-based pro-Israel organizations and planning to air a documentary based on the reporter's work. |
| June 2017 | Hacked emails of UAE ambassador to the US Yousef Al Otaiba were reported by HuffPost, revealing links between the UAE and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, which was seen as potentially exacerbating the Qatar diplomatic crisis. |
| June 5 2017 | The UAE blocked Al Jazeera in its territories during the Qatar diplomatic crisis, citing the network as a state-sponsored entity spreading hate speech. |
| May 2017 | Egypt blocked 21 websites, including Al Jazeera, for allegedly supporting terrorism and spreading fake news by supporting the Muslim Brotherhood. |
| May 30 2017 | Al Jazeera's English-language account retweeted an Anti-Semitic meme, followed by an apology calling it a 'mistake'. |
| January 20 2017 | Journalist Armin Rosen published an article in Tablet magazine revealing that Al Jazeera reporter James Anthony Kleinfeld had infiltrated pro-Israel advocacy organizations in Washington, D.C. and the United Kingdom. |
| 2016 | Al Jazeera reported match-fixing in the test match between Sri Lanka and Australia at Galle International Stadium, involving bookmakers bribing the groundsman. |
| January 5 2016 | Ryan Howard and Ryan Zimmerman filed civil lawsuits against Al Jazeera for defamation related to the sports doping documentary. |
| 2015 | UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash condemned Al Jazeera for misrepresenting a statement by UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan about a Russian plane incident, accusing the network of conducting a smear campaign against the UAE. |
| 2015 | One World Media Awards honored Al Jazeera English with Best Digital Media Award for 'Pirate Fishing' and Women's Rights in Africa Award for 'Witness - Casablanca Calling'. |
| 2015 | Al Jazeera English won New York Film Festival Gold for 101 East's documentaries 'The Return of the Lizard King', 'The Dolphin Hunters', and 'Stray Bullets'. |
| 2015 | Al Jazeera English won the Mohamed Amin Awards for Best Documentary with 'Africa Investigates – Liberia: Living with Ebola'. |
| 2015 | Steve Chao was awarded New York Film Festival Gold Award for Best News Reporter/Correspondent. |
| 2015 | Online Media Awards recognized Al Jazeera English with Outstanding Digital Team award for 'Palestine Remix', Best Technical Innovation for 'Palestine Remix', and Best Use of Photography for 'Portrait of an Yogi'. |
| 2015 | Native American Journalists Association awarded Shihab Rattansi & Anar Virji Best TV Feature Story for the Havasupai water story and Best TV News Story for the Tar Creek story. |
| December 27 2015 | Al Jazeera English released the documentary 'The Dark Side: Secrets of the Sports Dopers', investigating alleged performance-enhancing drug use by professional athletes, which named Peyton Manning among others. |
| November 8 2015 | It was reported that Al Jazeera America's general counsel, David W. Harleston, did not have a license to practice law. |
| June 11 2015 | Shannon High-Bassalik, AJAM's former senior vice president of programming and documentaries, filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the channel, alleging biased pro-Arab coverage and employee mistreatment. |
| May 5 2015 | Mohamed Fahmy sued Al Jazeera for 100 million in punitive and remedial damages, accusing the network of negligence regarding their legal status and safety in Egypt. |
| May 5 2015 | Al Jazeera Media Network demoted Ehab Al Shihabi from CEO to Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Al Jazeera America, replacing him with Al Anstey, the former managing director of Al Jazeera English. |
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