Embasssy closed over Al Jazeera
2006-10-25 19:41
Tunis - Tunisia is closing down its
embassy in Qatar and withdrawing its diplomats in protest against what it's called bias by the Al Jazeera television channel against
the Tunis government.
"Tunisia has decided to end its diplomatic representation in
Qatar and shut down its embassy in Doha despite the warmth and
and respect it harbours towards the sister country Qatar," the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
Qatar-based Al Jazeera aired views of secular and Islamist
dissidents who attacked the Tunis government's human rights
record, including a crackdown on women wearing the Islamic veil.
- Reuters