Arrest of Taiseer Alouni to be one of the topics of a lecture on:Al-Jazeera: Experience of an Arab free media enterprise [Archives:2003/667/Local News]

Sanaa, September 9 – A lecture will be hosted by the Institute for Media Training and Rehabilitation on “Al-Jazeera: Experience of an Arab free media enterprise” to be given by Mr. Samir Khader, media expert of Doha-based Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel.
The activity, which will be a side event of the regional conference “Role of the Free Media in Economic Development”, will take place at 19:00 on September 14 at the Media Center in Sanaa, and will focus on the challenges and difficulties faced by Al-Jazeera because of its independent stance on political issues, especially after 911 events in the USA and the two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Furthermore, the activity is expected to focus on the pressure exerted on Al-Jazeera's journalists, especially those who are accused of links to Islamic organizations such as Taiseer Alouni, who is still in custody in Spain, and others who have been attacked or arrested recently.
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