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December 27, 2005
Reporters Without Borders Challenges Egyptian Gov't's Treatment of Journalists
Reporters Without Borders (that's Reporters sans Frontieres to you Francophones) has issued a statement denouncing recent crackdowns in Egypt on journalists. In particular, they highlight the cases of Mohamed Abdul-Latif and Manal Lasheen of Al Fajr (Dawn) who apparently were sued and sentenced to several years in prison without any prior notice whatsoever, in response to a report of theirs exposing the case of an MP's cousin whose criminal sentence was served by a bribed substitute.
The journalist organization also noted the recent summoning of Al-Sharq Al-Awsat columnist and international reporter Mona Eltahawy by the Egyptian State Security in an apparent effort to intimidate her in relation to her critical articles on the recent election cycle. (Cool MENA-interested web surfers may know that your team at 'Aqoul here appears to be the first to publicly report that action.)
Posted by Matthew Hogan at December 27, 2005 02:19 PM
Filed Under: Press Freedom
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