sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
[h=1]Egyptian journalist alleges torture, whereabouts unknown[/h]
New York, March 3, 2016 - Egyptian authorities should immediately charge or release journalist Sabry Anwar and order an independent and thorough investigation into claims he has been tortured, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Security forces arrested Anwar, a correspondent for the independent newspaper El Badil, from his home in the Mediterranean city of Damietta more than 10 days ago, according to his wife and his employer. The newspaper and Anwar's family say they do not know where he is being held.
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Anwar has been a correspondent with El Badil for roughly one year, covering local news in Damietta, editor Karim Saeed, Anwar's supervisor at El Badil, told CPJ. In the weeks before his arrest, his coverage included a piece about negligence in public hospitals, ....
https://cpj.org/2016/03/egyptian-journalist-alleges-torture-whereabouts-un.php
New York, March 3, 2016 - Egyptian authorities should immediately charge or release journalist Sabry Anwar and order an independent and thorough investigation into claims he has been tortured, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Security forces arrested Anwar, a correspondent for the independent newspaper El Badil, from his home in the Mediterranean city of Damietta more than 10 days ago, according to his wife and his employer. The newspaper and Anwar's family say they do not know where he is being held.
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Anwar has been a correspondent with El Badil for roughly one year, covering local news in Damietta, editor Karim Saeed, Anwar's supervisor at El Badil, told CPJ. In the weeks before his arrest, his coverage included a piece about negligence in public hospitals, ....
https://cpj.org/2016/03/egyptian-journalist-alleges-torture-whereabouts-un.php