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El Watan (TV channel)

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El Watan Al Djazairia
الوطن الجزائرية
CountryAlgeria
Broadcast areaEurope, Africa, Middle-East
HeadquartersTunis, Tunisia
Programming
Language(s)Arabic
Picture format4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerHamas
History
LaunchedFebruary 20, 2014 (2014-02-20)
Closed12 October 2015
Links
Websiteelwatanmedia.ma (french)

El Watan Al Djazairia (Arabic: الوطن الجزائرية) was an Arabic language satellite television channel broadcasting from Algeria. El Watan Al Djazairia was set up by Islamist party Hamas with a number of Arab intellectuals from Algeria and the Arab World.

History

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El Watan Al Djazairia was founded on 20 February 2014, it has started to broadcast its programs on 20 February 2014. It closed down on 12 October 2015 over a broadcast of an interview of an Islamist fighter.[1][2] At a demonstration in front of Parliament over the channel's closure, 18 people were arrested and brutalized by police.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Algerian authorities shut down El Watan TV | Satellite | News | Rapid TV News". www.rapidtvnews.com. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Algeria closes private TV channel over Islamist's comments". Reuters. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. ^ "قوات الأمن الجزائرية تمنع بالقوة احتجاج صحفيي قناة "الوطن" ضد إغلاقها". CNN Arabic (in Arabic). 14 October 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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