Al Jazeera Is Shutting Down Its Offices In Egypt And Firing Its Staff

Al Jazeera Is Shutting Down Its Offices In Egypt
An Al-Jazeera employee talks on the phone at the pan-Arab television channel's bureau in Cairo on January 30, 2011. Egypt has ordered a shutdown of Al-Jazeera's operations, the official MENA news agency said, after the channel gave blanket coverage to ongoing anti-government protests. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/GettyImages)
An Al-Jazeera employee talks on the phone at the pan-Arab television channel's bureau in Cairo on January 30, 2011. Egypt has ordered a shutdown of Al-Jazeera's operations, the official MENA news agency said, after the channel gave blanket coverage to ongoing anti-government protests. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/GettyImages)

Al Jazeera’s last remaining employees in Egypt were informed Wednesday that they will receive their last paychecks this month, as the Qatar-based network closed its offices in Egypt.

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