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Egypt Targets Journalists In Crackdown On Muslim Brotherhood : NPR - 1 views

www.npr.org/...rackdown-on-muslim-brotherhood

#CommiteeToProjectJournalists #Journalists #Al-Jazeera #PressFreedoms

shared by kristaf on 22 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Last week, the government designated the brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
  • Egypt's top prosecutor has ordered a 15-day detention for several journalists on suspicion of joining the brotherhood,
  • Egypt to be one of the top jailers of journalists
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  • Egypt now brands it a terrorist organization and announces new steps in a crackdown almost daily.
  • nd Morsi took a style, attitude toward the press and towards the station, and publicly accuse them of inciting violence which started the divide in the Egyptian media and also a divide between those who support the army and those who support the Muslim Brotherhood and President Morsi
    • kristaf
      kristaf on 22 Sep 14
       
      Having to choose a side. You are either with the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi or you support the Army.
  • Al-Jazeera
  • Committee to Protect Journalists, a nonprofit that promotes the freedom of the press around the world.
  • funded by the Qatari government who was close to the former President Mohamed Morsi administration,
  • 10 journalists have died in Egypt since 1992, six of them died last year in 2013.
  • hostility towards the press.
  • Syria remains the most dangerous environment for journalists. Last year in 2013, there were 29 killed. I
  • Turkey and Iran remain the top two jailers of journalists around the world, which makes the Middle East a very hostile environment for freedom of the press overall.
  • kristaf on 22 Sep 14
     
    The article mentions the imprisonment of journalist in Egypt, who were believed to be members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Egypt was identified as "one of the top jailers of journalists"  according to the Committee to Project Journalists. Along with Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and Iran are also among the most dangerous places for journalists.
  • kristaf on 22 Sep 14
     
    The article mentions the imprisonment of journalist in Egypt, who were believed to be members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Egypt was identified as "one of the top jailers of journalists"  according to the Committee to Project Journalists. Along with Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and Iran are also among the most dangerous places for journalists. 
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