Friends of Aljazeera posts that the Arab Committee for the Defense of Journalists, received a large number of complaints from journalists and technicians working in Aljazeera TV station , saying that the Saudi Embassy in Doha-Qatar has been refusing to give them any kind of transit or entry visas [1] , including entry visas for pilgrimage ; Haj and Umrah.
Despite embassy officials’ denial, the complaints confirm that the Saudi Embassy instructed all Haj [2] and Umrah [3] travel agencies not to accept any applications for a Saudi visa from Aljazeera TV employees .