Brown Lloyd James is a
public relations
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firm with offices in New York, Washington, D.C., London, and Doha.
Notable campaigns
The firm has represented a number of high-profile clients, including
Al Jazeera English
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, the
Shafallah Center for Children with Disabilities, and the
Kingdom of Morocco
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.
In 2006, the firm coordinated the launch of Al Jazeera English in the United States.
The firm has been criticized for representing controversial clients such as
Asma al-Assad
Asma Fawaz al-Assad (born 11 August 1975) is the First Lady of Syria. Born and raised in London to Syrian parents, she is married to the 19th and current President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad.
Assad graduated from King's College London in 1996 ...
,
Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, . Due to the lack of standardization of transcribing written and regionally pronounced Arabic, Gaddafi's name has been romanized in various ways. A 1986 column by ''The Straight Dope'' lists 32 spellin ...
and supporters of the
People's Mujahedin of Iran
The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), also known as Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) or Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) ( fa, سازمان مجاهدين خلق ايران, sâzmân-e mojâhedīn-e khalq-e īrân), is an Iranian pol ...
(PMOI/MEK/MKO).
[Suebsaeng, Asawin]
"Lobbying for Backers of a Terrorist Group"
, ''Mother Jones'', October 3, 2011.[Gilson, Dave]
"A New Human Rights Logo, Brought to You By Qaddafi's PR Firm"
, ''Mother Jones'', September 9, 2011.
In 2011, it was criticized for working with the First Lady of Syria to organize a
''Vogue'' profile.
[ In July 2012, Ynetnews described the firm's May 2011 email released by ]WikiLeaks
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as one of the Syria Files by stating that the email gave advice "on how to create the appearance it is pursuing reform while repressing the uprising".Bashar al-Assad
Bashar Hafez al-Assad, ', Levantine pronunciation: ; (, born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the 19th president of Syria, since 17 July 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the ...
.Foreign Agents Registration Act
The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)2 U.S.C. § 611 ''et seq.'' is a United States law that imposes public disclosure obligations on persons representing foreign interests. filings, BLJ Worldwide has run pro-Beijing propaganda campaigns on behalf of the China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF), an organization with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party
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.
Qatar World Cup bid
In 2018, The Sunday Times published claims BLJ acted for the Qatar World Cup bid. It claimed the PR firm acted to undermine rival bids from the US
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and Australia
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.
References
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[Bogardus, Kevin]
"PR firm worked with Syria on controversial photo shoot"
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113212203/http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/175149-pr-firm-worked-with-syria-on-controversial-photo-shoot , date=2016-11-13 ,
''The Hill'', 08/03/11.
[{{cite news , first=Josh , last=Rogin , title=Wikileaked: Lobbying firm tried to help Syrian regime polish image as violence raged , date=2012-07-06 , url=http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/07/06/wikileaked_lobbying_firm_tried_to_help_syrian_regime_polish_image_as_violence_raged , accessdate=2012-07-07 , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707172458/http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/07/06/wikileaked_lobbying_firm_tried_to_help_syrian_regime_polish_image_as_violence_raged , archivedate=2012-07-07 , url-status=live ]
[{{cite web , title=Political Communications , publisher=WikiLeaks , date=2011-05-19 , url=https://wikileaks.org/syria-files/docs/2089956_political-communications.html , accessdate=2012-07-07 , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708225052/http://wikileaks.org/syria-files/docs/2089956_political-communications.html , archivedate=2012-07-08 , url-status=live ]
[{{cite news , first=Sa'ar , last=Haas , title=WikiLeaks: Western firm advised Assad on media spin , date=2012-07-07 , publisher=Ynetnews , url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4252268,00.html , accessdate=2012-07-07 , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709215501/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4252268,00.html , archivedate=2012-07-09 , url-status=live ]
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