Alwaleed Bin Talal: TV troubles


Issue 987 - 19 Feb 2015 | 1 minute read

Bahrain has suspended Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdelaziz’s satellite television channel Al-Arab, citing a failure to obtain the right licence to broadcast from Bahrain. The channel had gone live on 1 February, and was taken off air the next day; one of the programmes broadcast was an interview with Bahraini opposition politician Khalil Al-Marzooq, which is thought to have displeased the government.

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