Algeria: "Padlock" on television station broadcast an interview former Islamist rebel
The Algerian authorities closed Monday offices of private television station El Wat, a few days after the broadcast of the interview a former fighter in the ranks of the Islamists who criticized the president Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
The network "is not licensed to operate in Algeria, offices were not approved" by the authorities, a government source told AFP.
The ministry had submitted a complaint against the TV El station Wat, after transmission of the interview mantania Mezragk criticizing the president Bouteflika because it allowed him to found a political party and warned that failure to change its stance, will hear "You have never heard me so far. "
The television station "operating illegally and transmits content subversive character, affecting the symbols of the state," said the ministry announced.
The Mezragk, head of the Islamic Salvation Army - the armed arm of the Islamic Salvation Front - spent the 1990s in the mountains, participating in guerrilla, before it is delivered after agreement on a cease-fire of 1997.
The Bouteflika had recently reminded that it is forbidden for former jihadists who benefited from the amnesty declared to participate in political life.
The civil war's dead in Algeria is estimated to have reached 200,000.
All private television networks in Algeria based abroad and need permission from the government to operate in the country. Of the approximately 40 private television channels broadcasting in the country, 'only five "authorized by the government for the operation of their offices in the country, according to the Ministry of Communication, while the rest just the government" tolerates "function their offices.
El Wat, which employs 170 workers, emits from Cyprus and is based in London, said it would take legal action for the annulment of the government decision, told AFP the head of Jafar Seli.
The Algerian authorities closed Monday offices of private television station El Wat, a few days after the broadcast of the interview a former fighter in the ranks of the Islamists who criticized the president Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
The network "is not licensed to operate in Algeria, offices were not approved" by the authorities, a government source told AFP.
The ministry had submitted a complaint against the TV El station Wat, after transmission of the interview mantania Mezragk criticizing the president Bouteflika because it allowed him to found a political party and warned that failure to change its stance, will hear "You have never heard me so far. "
The television station "operating illegally and transmits content subversive character, affecting the symbols of the state," said the ministry announced.
The Mezragk, head of the Islamic Salvation Army - the armed arm of the Islamic Salvation Front - spent the 1990s in the mountains, participating in guerrilla, before it is delivered after agreement on a cease-fire of 1997.
The Bouteflika had recently reminded that it is forbidden for former jihadists who benefited from the amnesty declared to participate in political life.
The civil war's dead in Algeria is estimated to have reached 200,000.
All private television networks in Algeria based abroad and need permission from the government to operate in the country. Of the approximately 40 private television channels broadcasting in the country, 'only five "authorized by the government for the operation of their offices in the country, according to the Ministry of Communication, while the rest just the government" tolerates "function their offices.
El Wat, which employs 170 workers, emits from Cyprus and is based in London, said it would take legal action for the annulment of the government decision, told AFP the head of Jafar Seli.
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