Annual Report 2008: Egypt
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
16 April 2008
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IFEX and 33 rights groups demand the release of detained and forcibly disappeared journalists, and an end to the assault on press freedoms.
IFEX joins rights groups sounding the alarm over Egypt’s latest wave of arrests and prosecutions targeting journalists and critics.
Rights groups warn that reducing pretrial detention is futile without ending repressive practices and ensuring judicial independence.