Egyptian journalists in Istanbul protest Cairo raids
by Anadolu Agency
ISTANBULMay 05, 2016 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Anadolu Agency
May 05, 2016 12:00 am
A group of expat Egyptian journalists gathered on Tuesday night in Istanbul to protest pressures on the media in their country.
More than 30 Egyptian journalists gathered to condemn a raid by Egyptian security forces of the offices in Cairo of the Egyptian Syndicate of Journalists on Sunday.
They met in the headquarters of Watan TV - an Istanbul-based news channel that broadcasts in Arabic - and called for the release of their colleagues, who were arrested while they were holding a sit-in in solidarity with other detained journalists.
On Sunday, police broke into the syndicate in central Cairo, arresting two journalists on charges of inciting protests and plotting to overthrow the ruling regime.
In Istanbul, Sherif Mansour, the spokesman of the Arab Observatory for Media Freedom, stated the Press Syndicate was established in 1941 and that it had never before faced such a situation.
The group also called for the resignation of Egyptian Interior Minister, Magdy Abdel Ghaffar, for his responsibility for the police raid.
The European Union called for the release of the detained journalists and described the situation as "a worrying development, and continues a trend of restricting space for civil society and the freedom of expression."
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