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KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has allowed pan-Arab news channel Al-Jazeera to reopen its office in the Gulf state more than a year after ordering its closure, the television network's Kuwait director said Thursday.
"We received the official clearance to operate normally on Wednesday," Saad al-Saeedi told.
The Al-Jazeera office was closed and the accreditations of its reporters withdrawn in December 2010 over the channel's coverage of a police crackdown on a public gathering that involved beating of several MPs.
Its reopening comes a week ahead of general polls in Kuwait described by many candidates as the most crucial in the oil-rich emirate's history.
The Al-Jazeera office was previously closed for three years from November 2002, reopening only after a visit by Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani. (AFP)
"We received the official clearance to operate normally on Wednesday," Saad al-Saeedi told.
The Al-Jazeera office was closed and the accreditations of its reporters withdrawn in December 2010 over the channel's coverage of a police crackdown on a public gathering that involved beating of several MPs.
Its reopening comes a week ahead of general polls in Kuwait described by many candidates as the most crucial in the oil-rich emirate's history.
The Al-Jazeera office was previously closed for three years from November 2002, reopening only after a visit by Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani. (AFP)
