Egypt shuts down al-Jazeera operations
Middle East • January 2011 • Views: 385
Egypt today shut down the operations of the Arabic satellite TV channel al-Jazeera, blaming it for encouraging the country’s uprising – and demonstrating that the repressive powers of central government are still functioning.
The state-run Mena news agency reported that the information ministry had ordered “suspension of operations of al-Jazeera, cancelling of its licenses and withdrawing accreditation to all its staff, as of today”.