El Watan (TV channel)

El Watan Al Djazairia (الوطن الجزائرية) was an Arabic language satellite television channel broadcasting from Algeria. El Watan Al Djazairia was set up by Islamist party Hamas with a number of Arab intellectuals from Algeria and the Arab World.

History
El Watan Al Djazairia was founded on 20 February 2014, it has started to broadcast its programs on 20 February 2014. It closed down on 12 October 2015 over a broadcast of an interview of an Islamist fighter. At a demonstration in front of Parliament over the channel's closure, 18 people were arrested and brutalized by police.