Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Watchdog: Record 18 Journalists Jailed in Egypt

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Journalists face unprecedented threats in President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's Egypt, a watchdog group said Thursday, with the highest number behind bars since it began keeping records in 1990. In a report detailing the incarceration of 18 Egyptians, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said most were accused of affiliation with the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. It said the threat of imprisonment in Egypt is part of a...

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