February 3, 2012 – Al Jazeera has been awarded the Freedom of Speech and Expression Medal by the Roosevelt Foundation for its “longstanding efforts to provide independent, impartial news for an international audience”.
According to mediamughals.com the Middle East broadcaster is dedicating the award to journalists fallen in the line of duty, including Ali Hassan Al-Jaber, the Al Jazeera cameraman who was shot dead while filming the uprising in Libya in March 2011.
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