Al Jazeera on Trial by ex-journalists, academics in Washington

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Washington- Two former Al Jazeera journalists have accused the Qatari-owned media network of breaching journalistic ethics and explicitly supporting terrorists.

The accusations were made by former Al Jazeera employees Mohamed Fahmy and Mohamed Fawzy during a news conference in Washington. They also an­nounced the launch of website “Al Jazeera on Trial,” which will docu­ment a multimillion-dollar law­suit filed against the outlet.

“Just as we expect governments to abide by basic human rights, we also expect news outlets like Al Jazeera to respect the ethics of journalism, stop endangering the lives of its staff and refrain from sponsoring groups like the Muslim Brotherhood and [Jabhat] al-Nusra — an affiliate of al-Qae­da — and other terrorist groups,” Fahmy said.

The former Al Jazeera English Cairo bureau chief criticised the channel’s decision to broadcast a weekly programme featuring Muslim Brotherhood ideologue Yusuf al-Qaradawi, during which the Egyptian cleric in exile explic­itly supported terrorism.

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