CPJ Urges Egypt to Stop 'Campaign' Against Al-Jazeera

The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is urging Egypt to stop what it describes as "a politically motivated campaign" against the pan-Arabic Al Jazeera network.  A CPJ statement Sunday also called on Germany to release jailed Al Jazeera reporter Ahmad Mansour immediately. Mansour, an Egyptian-British reporter with the network's Arabic service, was detained Saturday in Berlin on an Egyptian warrant while trying to board a plane to Qatar.  A German...

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