The Press Syndicate’s general assembly adopted 16 demands following protests over the arrest of two journalists in a police raid of its downtown headquarters over the weekend. The demands include: the immediate resignation of the interior minister; an apology from the presidency; the release of all imprisoned journalists; the issuance of legislation protecting journalists from arrests and calling for the immediate adoption of the unified journalism act; calling for ending the gag order issued on Tuesday; filing a lawsuit against the MOI; organizing a weeklong demonstration next week and blacking newspapers on the first and last days of the protests; holding a meeting this coming Tuesday to discuss a full strike; and finally, banning the publication of news from the MOI. Journalists have also decided they will not print the name of Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar, but will instead only refer to him by his image, with the colours in negative.

The showdown between the police and the press may yet have legs: Reuters has coverage in English, as do the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, Ahram Online notes that state-owned Al-Ahram’s Arabic news portal has joined private outlets AMAY, Al Shorouk and Al Watan in the protest.