Journalists take a stand for colleagues in Egypt

Over 600 Egyptian journalists have signed a statement condemning a declaration of support for the government by their editors and the head of the Egyptian journalists’ union. Leading international journalists, including Channel 4’s Jon Snow, the Guardian’s correspondent in Cairo, Patrick Kingsley and Professor of Journalism at City University, Roy Greenslade have launched an open…

UK journalists demand freedom for jailed colleagues in Egypt

Around 65 journalists gathered out side the Egyptian embassy in London yesterday, Wednesday 19 February, demanding that the military drops charges against foreign journalists who are due to go on trial in Cairo today. Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Mohammed Fadel Fahmy and Baher Mohammed have been detained by the Egyptian authorities since 29 December. Their colleague…