Geopolitics & Diplomacy

Al Jazeera Broadcast Bans: A Global Overview

  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain banned Al Jazeera broadcasts in 2000
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait shut down the Al Jazeera office in 2002
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria froze the activities of Al Jazeera in 2004
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt ordered Al Jazeera to stop broadcasting in Egypt in 2013 for “inciting violence that led to the deaths of Egyptians.”
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq banned Al Jazeera in 2013 for “sectarian bias”
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India banned the Al Jazeera TV channel for five days in 2015 for repeatedly broadcasting disputed maps of India
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan revoked Al Jazeeraโ€™s license in 2017
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช UAE blocked Al Jazeera in the Emirates in 2017
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia banned Al-Jazeera in early 2017 for promoting “terrorist groups
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan closed Al Jazeera’s office in 2019
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel issued a ban on Al Jazeera in 2024

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