El Watan

Not to be confused with Al-Watan.
El Watan

El Watan logo
Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner SPA El Watan Presse
Editor Omar Belhouchet
Founded 1991
Political alignment Centre-Right
Language French
Headquarters Maison de La presse Tahar Djaout, 1er Mai, Algiers, Algeria
Circulation 200,000 (May 2006 - May 2007)
Official website El Watan

El Watan (Arabic:الوطن, English: the homeland) is an independent newspaper in Algeria. The paper was founded in 1990 after Omar Belhouchet and nineteen colleagues left the FLN government-owned newspaper El Moudjahid (English: "The Holy Warrior").[1]

It aims to promote democracy and to give coverage to the Algerian opposition, and has acted as an outspoken voice against censorship and corruption. It has been suspended several times by the Algerian government, and journalists and editors jailed for various offenses. Its reporters have, according to the international press watchdogs Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) been targeted by both government forces and Islamist insurgents.[2][3]

See also

Algeria portal
Journalism portal

References

  1. ^ Youssef M. Ibrahim (26 July 1991). "Algeria in Ferment -- A Special Report; In Algeria, Hope for Democracy but Not Economy". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/26/world/algeria-ferment-special-report-algeria-hope-for-democracy-but-not-economy.html. Retrieved 28 May 2011. 
  2. ^ "Algeria - 2003 Annual report". Reporters Without Borders (Algeria). 2-05-2003. Archived from the original on Oct 31, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071031090456/http://www.rsf.org/print.php3?id_article=6686. Retrieved 30 August 2010. 
  3. ^ "Reporter for El Watan attacked and kidnapped" (Print). Reporters Without Borders (Algeria). 23-07-2002. Archived from the original on Oct 31, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071031000324/http://www.rsf.org/print.php3?id_article=3086. Retrieved 29 August 2010. 

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