Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Egyptian authorities detain Al Jazeera journalists

[JURIST] Egyptian authorities on Sunday detained four journalists working for the Al Jazeera English news channel. The journalists have been accused [AFP report] of broadcasting illegally, spreading false information and information aimed at inciting the public, and meeting with members of the Muslim Brotherhood [party website, JURIST news archive], an Islamist group that was recently classified as a terrorist organization [JURIST report] by the Egyptian government. Egypt has been increasingly hostile to journalists in the past months, and has been...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/12/egyptian-authorities-detain-al-jazeera-journalists.php

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