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Wednesday, 27 April 2016

Journalists Syndicate files case against the Interior Ministry

Journos lodge complaint against Interior Ministry in the aftermath of the 25 April protests: The Journalists’ Syndicate filed a report with the Prosecutor General accusing the Interior Ministry and the minister himself of violating the rights of reporters, according to Al Mal, after security forces’ broke into its headquarters on 25 April. Security forces were reportedly still at the syndicate’s headquarters yesterday, according to Al Mal, while around 100 journalists staged a protest in central Cairo against the arrest of other reporters covering Monday’s demonstrations, Reuters reports. “Security forces arrested at least 33 reporters trying to cover small anti-government protests in Cairo on Monday that were dispersed with tear gas, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists.” Meanwhile, an Egyptian coalition of rights groups said Tuesday that police arrested almost 250 people in total during the protests, the AP reports, with Amnesty International condemning the arrests and calling them a “ruthlessly efficient” bid to block peaceful protest.

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