Much of what the world knows about Al Qaeda and its leader at the time, Osama bin Laden, came from videotapes of bin Laden aired on Al Jazeera, where he ruminated on global affairs and East-West relations. Al Jazeera soon became one of the primary sources of news coming from the Arab and Muslim worlds. The contract called for Rendon to track "the location and use of Al Jazeera news bureaus, reporters and stringers, both regionally and globally.
TRG [The Rendon Group] will also chart event-related regional media coverage to identify the biases of specific journalists and potentially obtain an understanding of their allegiances. Al Jazeera aired a tape of bin Laden discussing the US war on Afghanistan two hours after the initial bombing began. Bin Laden disappeared for years.
He was killed by US forces in Pakistan almost 10 years later, on May 2, Tayseer Allouni was Al Jazeera's first bureau chief in Kabul. On a visit to see his family in Grenada, Spain, in September , he was arrested by Spanish police and sentenced to seven years imprisonment on 26 September Al Jazeera launched a campaign to fight for freedom of the press, and the unfettered right to interview newsmakers and access sources of information.
Allouni was released from jail on October 6, , but served the rest of the term under house arrest. Sami Al Hajj, a native of Sudan, was a cameraman for Al Jazeera, and was in Pakistan on December 15, , when he was detained and handed over to US forces, who deemed him an "enemy combatant.
Sami was transferred to Guantanamo Bay internment camp, and endured horrendous conditions for years. To protest the treatment, he and several other prisoners went on a hunger strike starting in January He remained on hunger strike for days, until he was released, on May 1, Al Jazeera journalists stand in solidarity with Sami, circa He had been covering a demonstration in support of Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden in the southern town of Ma'an.
Security forces also detained another one of Al Jazeera's correspondents in the Amman buruea, Sowsan Abu Hamda, for questioning. Al Jazeera's bureau chief in Amman , Yaser Abuhilala. Al Jazeera was the only media organization covering the event. In June, the Saudi government accused an Al Jazeera programme of insulting the country's royal family. The channel was banned from covering the pilgrimage to Mecca the following year and was later barred from the country except to cover special events, with special permission.
In November , Kuwait shut down the Al Jazeera bureau again, after the Channel reported that the entire northwestern part of the country was shut down for US-Kuwaiti war exercises.
Al Jazeera established a bureau in Beijing in It opened a fascinating window into China for the Arab world, and vice versa. Al Jazeera's reporters covered the events of Tibet in , providing exclusive footage of the clashes between monks and security forces inside the Dharamsala monastery. The bureau covers all aspects of life in China, including the situation of the Muslim communities in East Turkestan, and provides access to neighboring countries, including North Korea and Myanmar.
In , Al Jazeera expanded its China operation to launch a digital presence in Mandarin. Al Jazeera content is also available on Weibo. On December 23, , Al Jazeera's legendary and long-serving bureau chief in Beijing, Ezzat Shahrour, passed away at the age of He was succeeded by Nasser Abdul Haq. In late , Al Jazeera launched its English website , with a mix of original reporting and translation of Al Jazeera Arabic content. Look and feel of Al Jazeera's English-language website in Four days after the United States launched its ongoing war on Iraq March 20, the site was hacked.
Al Jazeera had crews in all major population centers in Iraq, and went to great lengths to cover the unfolding events. While other media told people where the rockets were fired from, Al Jazeera was showing where they land. Al Jazeera assistant cameraman Zouhair Nadhim, who was on the bureau's roof with Ayyoub, was injured in the blast. Al Jazeera's former Kabul bureau chief, Tayseer Allouni, had just finished an overnight shift reporting from the rooftop of the building.
Allouni then went to visit friends in the Palestine Hotel, where foreign journalists were based. For 9 years Al Jazeera Sport Channel was a runaway success.
This channel was spun off in and merged into a new and independent company, beIN Media Group. On November 3, , he was filming the aftermath of a roadside bomb attack on a US military convoy in Dialah.
US forces arrested him, and repeated a popular refrain of US forces and politicians in Afghanistan and Iraq: the false claim that Al Jazeera has advance knowledge of attacks.
Salah was made to endure horrendous torture in Abu Ghraib, as was one of his colleagues in the Al Jazeera Baghdad bureau, Suheib Badr Darwish, who was arrested on November 18, Salah was released a month later, on December 18, Darwish was released on January 25, The proceedings were ongoing as of The lawsuit of Al Jazeera journalist Salah Hasan and other Iraqi citizens against their abusers was still active in US courts as of Al Jazeera provided extensive coverage to the conflict in Darfur, Sudan, which erupted in February In December , security forces in Khartoum arrested Al Jazeera correspondent Islam Saleh on charges of "airing news containing false information and biased analysis aimed at smearing Sudan's image.
By January , Sudanese officials were considering the suspension of Al Jazeera's license to operate in Sudan. In February , Saleh was accused of "defaming Sudan by spreading fake news. They were all released later without charge, but the continuous stream of run-ins with the new authorities was indicative of the uncomfortable sitation.
Atwar was one of Iraq's best-known journalists. She left Al Jazeera in February , and was assassinated three weeks later, while reporting in Samarra.
Maher Abdullah , one of the most well-known faces of Al Jazeera. Pictured here reporting live from Baghdad. Iraq's US-installed interim governing council again prohibited Al Jazeera from covering its activities for a month. On April 5, , US forces attempted to enter the Iraqi city of Fallujah, but were confronted by fierce resistance and suffered human and material losses.
Al Jazeera provided rolling coverage from Fallujah, which was subjected to the wrath of the US military after four American mercenaries working for Blackwater were killed there in March. Verbal attacks by US officials against Al Jazeera escalated. As the quagmire in Iraq broadened, media sources reported on supposed unpublished minutes of a discussion between US President George W. David Blunkett, a former British interior minister, revealed in his memoirs published in October that, during the US-led invasion of Iraq in , he suggested to Blair that the British military should bomb the Al Jazeera television transmitter in Baghdad.
On August 7, , the interim Iraqi government ordered a one-month closure of Al Jazeera's Baghdad bureau. The shutdown was extended indefinitely in September, and the bureau was sealed for more than six years. The ban was finally lifted on March 3, Al Jazeera continued to work from Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the autonomous region located in the northern part of the country.
A year later, the ban was lifted, and Al Jazeera resumed work in its Baghdad bureau. In , the Department was elevated in stature to become a Directorate - investigating matters of accuracy, fairness, balance and taste in Al Jazeera coverage, and making recommendations for continual improvement. Al Jazeera Media Training Centre was established on February 24, , with the dual mission of providing continual development for Al Jazeera journalists, and training journalists from all across the world.
It provides courses in all facets of journalism, media-related technology, the management of news organizations, and public communication. Beginning and mid-career journalists hone their skills with some of the best trainers in the world here. Inside the auditorium of the Al Jazeera Training Institute. A decade after its establishment, the center expanded to become the Al Jazeera Media Training Institute. The Institute has an extensive network of strategic partnerships with reputable media institutions and circles - all well-known on a local, regional and international level.
The Institute continues to consolidate its relations and partnerships, and build new strategic partnerships with various media schools, in order to create a realistic media environment. The Institute also provides media institutions with consultancies to help them develop their potential and attain their strategic plans.
Acting as the eyes and ears of the Arab world, Al Jazeera Mubasher was launched in early to give viewers real-time footage of global and regional events. Remote feeds and on-the-ground cameras broadcast political gatherings, press conferences, discussions and meetings, bringing audiences the latest on political, social, cultural and economic affairs.
Screenshot from Al Jazeera Mubasher. A branch of Mubasher focused on Egypt Mubasher Misr was launched during the Arab revolts against dictatorship in Amidst a relentless clampdown on the channel's journalists, Mubasher Misr was suspended on December 23, For 11 years, the Festival and annual awards ceremony became a meeting point for filmmakers and innovators worldwide.
Al Jazeera's film festival was a major event in the region up until The first year focused on Arabic-language made-for-TV productions only. The second year accepted entries from the Arab and non-Arab world.
By the third year, documentary feature films ie, not produced for television were included, and this continued until the last time the Festival was held: November , In the spring of , Al Jazeera was one of the first media organisations to provide extensive reporting on the depth of the famine in Niger. Tens of thousands of people in central Africa were on the verge of starving to death. Coverage of the famine in Niger After the crisis received global attention - due to the reporting of several media organizations, and a concerted diplomatic effort - aid trickled into the region.
In November , an unidentified assasilant attacked Ahmed Mansour, one of Al Jazeera's star talk-show hosts in Egypt. Security forces confiscated her tapes and charged her with tarnishing the country's reputation. Taha produced a documentary on the torture of citizens in Egyptian police stations.
Al Jazeera is a consistent target of hacks from states and non-state actors. One of the few free and fair elections in the Arab world took place in the occupied Palestinian territories on January 25, Al Jazeera provided blanket coverage of the vote for a legislature, and was the first to report that Hamas had won while other media organizations were waffling. After it became clear that the two major Palestinian parties would not be able to create a government of national unity, and the world community moved to nullify the results of the elections, Al Jazeera named the Hamas government in Gaza, "the deposed government," much to the ire of the Palestinian Authority, based in Ramallah.
Al Jazeera had a significant role in reporting the July war from both sides of the borders. Its correspondents covered the loss of life - more than 1, Lebanese and Israelis - and the severe damage to Lebanon's civilian infrastructure. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced on both sides of the conflict.
The Al Jazeera Center for Studies was founded in to provide deep research and data to Al Jazeera's journalists, and provide public platforms for the global exchange of ideas.
The Center is home to world-class researchers and authors. The Center hosts ad hoc seminars and background briefings by opinion leaders and decision makers, and publishes policy briefs and analysis throughout the year. The Center organizes the annual Al Jazeera Forum, bringing thinkers, politicians, academics and journalists together to discuss regional and global transformations.
The Index is the result of an international survey of over 1, scholars, public and private donors, policy makers, and journalists who help rank more than 6, think tanks using a set of criteria developed at the University. The channel was a major investment in the future of global media, bringing together some of the best English-speaking journalists from anywhere in the world together, under one roof. At launch, the channel broadcast from Kuala Lumpur, London, Washington and Doha, but over time, the major news studios were set in Doha and London.
Original concept for Doha newsroom and studio of Al Jazeera English. In the channel's newsrooms, people from dozens of different nationalities focused on the concerns of the Global South, providing fresh perspectives on the issues of our times.
For years, the channel's motto was, "Voice of the Voiceless. Within months of launch, the Channel cemented its position as a global presence in the media landscape, attracting audiences of millions in all four corners of the globe. In , Al Jazeera was one of the few media organisations that managed to enter Ogaden, a bitterly disputed region between Somalia and Ethiopia. Al Jazeera filed five reports on the conditions of the residents of the province, triggering years of tension between Ethiopia and Al Jazeera.
The Channel supports Arab filmmaking by serving as an advocate for the Arab documentary industry. It airs portraits of the people and places that make up our world—raising awareness and inspiring millions of people across the Middle East. Al Jazeera Documentary launches The Channel has encouraged talented directors, writers, producers and visionaries who believe that documentaries are a unique and beautiful platform, and this has allowed the Channel to resonate with Arab audiences for more than a decade.
Steeped in the belief that strong and vocal media can advance the cause of basic human rights, Al Jazeera established a permanent Human Rights desk within all of its newsrooms on November 1, The desk focused attention on violations of civil liberties everywhere, with a special focus on the Arab world.
The Human Rights desks were reorganized and expanded into a Department in The Centre launches campaigns to create awareness of international humanitarian law and prevent the erosion of rights. With a special focus on the freedom of the press, the Centre also champions the cause of ending impunity for crimes against journalists. All year round, the Center organizes workshops and seminars bringing human rights defenders together from different parts of the world.
Three years after withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, Israel launched a major military offensive there, starting on December 27, One of the first Israeli bombings was aimed at a graduation ceremony for police cadets, and Al Jazeera provided blanket coverage for the 22 days of war.
By the end of the first day, more than Palestinians had been killed, and by the end of the fighting, more than 1, Palestinians and 13 Israelis had been killed. The United Nations later reported that war crimes and crimes against humanity may have been committed in Gaza.
The Gaza wars unfolded live on Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera's bureau in Gaza continues to be the eyes and ears of the world in the embattled Strip. President Ali Abdullah Saleh resigned in , assassinated in was waging war on Al Qaeda in Yemen, and a rebellion in the northern provice of Saada. While covering a protest in Abyan, Al Jazeera journalist Fadhl Mubarak was seriously injured by unknown assailants in June In March , security forces broke in to Al Jazeera's bureau in Sana'a and confiscated broadcast equipment.
In May , activists from around the world set out to travel by sea to connect to the people of the Gaza, despite the air, sea and land blockade imposed by Israel on the Palestinians in the Strip. The convoy of boats was called, "Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Wikileaks had obtained a trove of , documents dated from , indicating that torture was sanctioned at the highest levels, that hundreds of Iraqi civilians had been killed at US-managed checkpoints in Iraq, listing violations by a major US mercenary firm, Xe formerly Blackwater, currently Academi.
Some of the papers showed that the United States attempted to keep a death count throughout the war, in contradiction to the famous pronouncement of US Army Gen ret Tommy Ray Franks: "We don't do body counts" March 23, Al Jazeera partnered with WikiLeaks to provide an uncensored view of the war.
Years later, the US Army intelligence analyst who leaked the documents, born Bradley Manning, now Chelsea Manning , was pardoned from her year jail sentence. The special coverage was dedicated to exposing the inner workings of the negotiations between Palestinian and Israeli leaders. The coverage was based on more than 1, confidential documents, including memos, e-mails, maps, minutes of meetings, draft agreements, strategy papers and PowerPoint presentations from The disclosures offered a candid picture of the negotiation process, covering the Palestinian Authority's willingess to:.
Al Jazeera also exposed the nature of US pressure on Palestinian officials, and details on the extent of "security coordination" between Palestinian officials and their Israeli counterparts. Inside the studio of Al Jazeera Balkans Channel, which covers - and brings together - one of the most important parts of the world. With impartial reporting that places people at the centre of the story, Al Jazeera Balkans has become a platform for open-minded journalism, along with serious debate.
As the first regional news channel, Al Jazeera Balkans delivers programming and analysis in all local languages, providing local context to the topics that impact people at a regional and international level. Broadcasting to nearly 4 million homes in the region and reaching viewers in more than 30 countries, Al Jazeera Balkans provides our audience with a breadth of coverage previously unavailable in the region. As part of the Al Jazeera Media Network, the Channel has access to more than 70 bureaus around the world, giving the people of the region the global coverage they want, from a local voice they trust.
In December , Al Jazeera was among the first global media organisations to report on a story circulating on Arab social media.
The story was about a young man, Mohamed Bouazizi, who had set himself on fire after a police officer humiliated him as he was trying to earn his living in the southern Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid. An interview with a tearful Ahmad Khifnawi in Tunisia went viral. That incident was a flame that sparked massive people-power revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria and Yemen, in addition to smaller movements that were contained through the implementation of reforms in Morocco and Oman.
In Egypt, the protests that began on January 25, , led to the resignation of another decades-long leader, Hosni Mubarak, on February 11, Al Jazeera dedicated all of its resouces to covering the Arab revolutions, giving voice to the hopes, dreams and aspirations of millions of people who yearned to live in freedom.
Throughout the Arab world in , peaceful demands for change were facing brutal repression, and Al Jazeera's journalists were on the front lines of history in the making. Poster demanding the release of Al Jazeera's journalists detained during the coverage of the Libyan revolution. She was held in Syria starting on April 29, and then deported to Iran, before finally returning to headquarters in Doha after the day ordeal.
In July , Al Jazeera's Omar Khashram was seriously injured by shrapnel when a bomb went off near where he was reporting in Aleppo, Syria. In November , a cameraman in the Khartoum bureau - Ali Mustafa - was arrested and held for more than seven months by Sudanese forces.
That government informally accused Al Jazeera of prior knowledge of a military coup against President Omar Bashir. Being the journal of record in the region, Al Jazeera has been on the frontlines in conflict zones since its birth. And its courageous reporters have paid the ultimate price time and again. The Qatari father of six was 55 years old. He held a master's degree in cinematography from Egypt, and had started his career in Al-Jaber was the first foreign journalist killed in the Libyan revolution.
In Yemen, Al Jazeera journalist Mubarak Al-Abadi was killed by a mortar shell while covering clashes between pro-government and rebel forces in Al-Jawf province on August 5, Despite the high risks and difficulties of covering the wars in Syria, Yemen and elsewhere in the Arab world, Al Jazeera's journalists strive daily to get the facts straight and present solid information and analysis to the world.
In the final days of the Mubarak regime in January , the Egyptian government cancelled the license of Al Jazeera to operate in Egypt, withdrew all press accreditations for the Network and blocked the satellite transmission of Al Jazeera on Nile Sat, which is owned by the Egyptian government.
Al Jazeera doubled down on its coverage of Egypt. In Tahrir Square in , protesters had installed a huge screen tuned to Al Jazeera around the clock. In one of the regime's final acts of desperation, Al Jazeera's offices in Cairo were ransacked in February as well. When former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak finally stepped down on February 11, - after ruling the country for three decades - Al Jazeera broadcast the iconic image of hundreds of thousands of cheering Egyptians in Tahrir Square, with no commentary.
On July 3, , the Egyptian military carried out a coup against the elected president, Mohamed Morsi, and suspended the constitution. From , Al Jazeera America was a U. Al Jazeera continues to offer groundbreaking journalism through the Al Jazeera English website , live TV , social channels, and mobile app.
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