Friday, January 31, 2014

UN rights expert: attacks against journalists in Egypt need to be investigated

[JURIST] The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] spokesperson Rupert Colville on Friday voiced extreme concern [press release] about the increasing amount of violent attacks on members of the media in Egypt. Many attacks came on Saturday when journalists were attempting to report stories on the third anniversary of the Egyptian revolution [JURIST backgrounder]. Some of these journalists suffered injuries from live fire from both opponents of the government and police. On Wednesday the Egyptian Prosecutor-General charged [JURIST...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/01/un-rights-expert-attacks-against-journalists-in-egypt-need-to-be-investigated.php

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