20 July, 2017 By Stefano Stefanini, EURACTIV.com Federica Mogherini must push the Gulf states to clean up on terrorism and work towards an end to the standoff with Qatar, writes Stefano Stefanini. Stefano Stefanini is former permanent representative of Italy to NATO and diplomatic advisor to former Italian President Napolitano. This Sunday (23 July), Federica Mogherini will visit…
16 July, 2017 / By Deutsche Welle Saudi Arabia has yet to present a single reasonable argument in its row with Qatar, says Kersten Knipp. Serious power interests are at stake – as is, above all, the political culture of the whole region. It’s a long way from Saudi Arabia to Europe, which sometimes makes…
14 July, 2017 / By The Tower In the latest sign of the growing rift between the Saudi-led Gulf states and Qatar, the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates blasted Qatar’s Al-Jazeera network on Wednesday for promoting anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Anwar Gargash, the UAE’s minister for foreign affairs, charged that Al-Jazeera “promoted anti-Semitic violence by…
13 July, 2017 / By Outlook India In a fresh attack on Al Jazeera Arabic, the UAE minister responsible for media regulation, Noura al Kaabi, has alleged that the channel had given a platform to “some of the most dangerous terrorists in the world”. The Guardian reported that the anti-Qatar alliance have also accused Al Jazeera of…
12 July, 2017 / By Nase Al Wasmi The UAE sends letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as Bahrain accuses Al Jazeera normalising extremist ideologies in the region. Ministers from the four Arab countries boycotting Qatar have condemned Al Jazeera news network for promoting extremist narratives saying the protection of the right to freedom…
5 July, 2017 / By Gulf Times German Parliament President Norbert Lammert and German Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Claudia Roth have both denied rumours circulated in Saudi media of statements attributed to them by Saudi Minister of Culture and Information, Awwad bin Saleh al-Awwad, on the Gulf crisis. Al Jazeera quoted sources inside the German Bundestag…
5 July, 2017 / By The Peninsula Qatar Zagreb: The Croatian Journalists’ Association (CJA) condemned the siege countries demands of closing Al Jazeera Media Network. The association supported its colleagues in regional centers of the network in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, as well as in other countries. CJA said: “Politicians should not use…
4 July, 2017 / By Murtaza Shibli, The News The unending siege of Qatar, which started in the middle of the holy month of Ramazan, continues unabated sans any hope for an easy and early settlement. The powerful blocs of the Gulf kingdoms have displayed scant regard the much-hyped Arab or Muslim camaraderie. They have even…
June 30, 2017 / by The Peninsula Qatar Geneva: H E Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office and International Organizations in Geneva, met yesterday with Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The meeting discussed the flagrant violations of international…
June 29, 2017 / by MENAFN US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Kuwait’s Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al- Sabah stressed ‘the need for all parties to exercise restraint to allow for productive diplomatic discussions’ in the GCC, the State Department said in a readout…
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye claimed this demand of the Saudi-led coalition against Qatar was a blow against media pluralism in the Middle East. June 29, 2017 / by The Wire Dubai: A United Nations expert and a media freedom watchdog on Wednesday criticised four Arab states for…
After Arab states arrayed against Qatar issue 13-point list of demands, resolution of crisis looks more distant than ever June 25, 2016 / by Andalou Agency International actors and public figures in Qatar have slammed a 13-point list of demands — including one for the closure of the Al Jazeera news network — issued by…
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