Civil society groups urge govt to drop probes against Al Jazeera


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 08 Jul 2020

PETALING JAYA: A group of individuals and civil society organisations, including the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), have urged the government to drop all investigations against Al Jazeera and their interviewees.

In a joint statement on Wednesday (July 8), CIJ said it was "deeply concerning" that the immediate reaction by the authorities upon the screening of the Al Jazeera documentary was to initiate police investigation on their alleged unfavourable reporting rather than providing the public with an explanation or calling for an internal probe into potential mismanagement of power.

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