After the demands of Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries for shutting down of Al Jazeera, including the regional Al-Jazeera Balkans with headquarters in the capital of BiH, Sarajevo, the Al Jazeera media network has launched an open letter to the world public. In the letter, Al Jazeera recalls more than 20 years of its work, as well as the achievements it made.
Among the requirements of the Gulf countries, headed by the Saudi Arabia, is also the request to shut down Al-Jazeera as well.
Qatar rejected all requests as unreasonable, and Al Jazeera continued to broadcast.
To recall, association of BH Journalists states that these attempts are narrowing down space for public political debate on the issues that are important to the public, not only in the Arab countries but in the whole world as well.
They expressed solidarity with journalists and other employees of Al Jazeera Balkans, and strongly supported their request to prevent the Al Jazeera network from being shut down in Qatar, as well as its television members in the whole world.
In addition to this, they also called on the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) with headquarters in Brussels, as well as other organizations that are dedicated to the protection of freedom of media, to get involved in the support for media workers of Al Jazeera, and to use legitimate means to prevent the brutal shutting down.
(Source: Aljazeera)
