As protests continue in Cairo on day of departure, the intimidation of journalists trying to cover the developments persists. Earlier today, correspondents from the Guardian group Peter Beaumont and Jack Shenker were interrogated by the Egyptian army, while Patrick Martin and Sonia Verma of the Globe and Mail were attacked by a pro-Mubarak supporters. In addition two correspondents from Radio Free Europe, Robert Tait and Abdelilah Nuaimi, have been detained and the office of Al Jazeera Arabic was raided by pro-Mubarak supporters.
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Egypt: Further assaults on journalists
As protests continue in Cairo on day of departure, the intimidation of journalists trying to cover the developments persists. Earlier today, correspondents from the Guardian group Peter Beaumont and Jack Shenker were interrogated by the Egyptian army, while Patrick Martin and Sonia Verma of the Globe and Mail were attacked by a pro-Mubarak supporters. In […]
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