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l-Ahram Gate publish a report on the conditions of "freedom of journalists" in Egypt during 2015
Mohammad Ali
3-5-2015 | 15:41
Journalists Syndicate
Publishes "Al-Ahram Gate," the text of the report prepared by the Journalists' Syndicate, in collaboration with several civil society for the violations against journalists during 2015 organizations, which announced today during the celebration of World Press Freedom Day.
Introduction after two revolutions big in January 25, 2011 and June 30, 2013 and after the fall of two presidents because of violating the rights of the Egyptian people in the forefront of the press and media freedom is still journalists in Egypt are subjected to horrific abuses carried out by the authorities mainly targeted to prevent journalists from the transfer of the facts of the earth to the public,
while income on the line of attacks on journalists and the violation of the right of Egyptians to receive information groups citizens and the remnants of terrorism ... and so pay journalists eighth transferred to the fact of multiple parties, whether government agencies or private or some dissidents and terrorist groups citizens. The report comes as an attempt of the Freedoms Committee at the Press Syndicate, in cooperation with the five human rights organizations to monitor the nature of these violations and means, and restrictions A journalist working in Egypt, and to
develop a complete picture of the suffering of journalists, in front of the journalistic community and public opinion, where violations have increased in an unprecedented way, and became a journalistic work, dangerous profession,
takes us back to a more ill than the situation that prevailed in the era of deposed President Hosni Mubarak. The report includes the first months of 2015, and what happened the violations, made the press in Egypt work dangerous adventure, may end up the owner in jail, amid a lack of transparency, continuous insistence of some state agencies (especially the Ministry of Interior), the cloning methods of repression and the return of gagging and the targeting of journalists practices, which is paid for not by journalists but only the public as well, which depends on the press for documented information, which did not put the state until now laws to regulate circulation and multiplies the impact of that arsenal of laws were inherited from the eras of repression make the press like walking through a minefield it prevents them from exercising their professional duty.The report also monitors the journalists attempted to break a deadlock violations against them and break the dominance of the state over the media through the system the new press legislation that is nearing completion of which is currently, through the National Committee for the development of media legislation the culmination of texts freedoms in the Egyptian Constitution .. But what is worrying is the emergence of leaks about the government committee set up by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has completed the drafting of parallel laws, the government has handed over to the Commission on legislative reform in preparation for the issuance, despite the promises of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and pledges Head Minister Ibrahim Mahlab the Union of Journalists and media and captain journalists former Rashwan Zia that their Committee is the only committee entrusted with the development of legislation. and come for leaks around the end of the Governmental Committee of the status of complementary legislation to the Constitution in this area, which appeared to the public days of World Press Freedom Day before, to return again Concerns about the desire of power in the extension of further domination of the media instead of liberating them from their grip giving effect to the provisions of the Constitution.
Despite the violations report monitored against journalists and media workers during the recent period, the Commission freedoms and organizations involved in the development of the report can not fail to point to the emergence of positive signs, but not enough of them verdict acquitting photographer Network certainty Ahmed Gamal increase after 487 days in jail, (still in prison, even writing the report despite the passage of three days on the acquitted) and the release of three of the journalists of Al Jazeera English at the disposal of their case as well as the release of two colleagues Ahmad Masood today seventh and Ayman al-Saqr Egyptian newspaper (though continuing consider their case) .. which indicators are not enough to say the existence of various of the State direction to deal with the press and the media in light of the continued imprisonment of a large number of colleagues, and in light of the escalation of complaints of violations against colleagues imprisoned pending issues I arrived curb torture and prevent them from visits, as well as to continue the security services to target journalists working in the field, especially photographers during coverage of events, which are complaints monitored by photographers Division Journalists' Syndicate and was the assault on colleagues and cracking cameras and prevention of imaging or scanning photos taken of events. As is made The report entry ordinary citizens line of attacks on journalists, which appeared in many of the facts during the period, especially for the final with journalists field and reached limit prevent some colleagues from the exercise of their work and abuse. can not afford the authors of the report denouncing practices of terrorism, which came to complement the hellish circle of targeting the press and media freedom stands an impediment to the flow of information to citizens transfer, which appeared in the threats, which affected many of the workers in the field of media as well as in targeting electricity feeder Towers Media Production City and the statement of a terrorist groups after the adoption of the bombing and who arrived limit clear threat of death, where the group announced that " electricity cut is not a substitute for beheadings and tongues, "according text statement. Cons and the authors of the report that despite the violations that have been monitored but there remain bright spots amid the events began with materials of the press in the Constitution, which came largely reflective of most of the aspirations of the journalistic community, remains to be completed status complementary to the Constitution of the legislation expresses the desire of the press group may be the beginning of the exit of the tunnel control of the media and its liberation from hegemony. journalists' rights violation methods varied journalists' rights violation methods during the monitoring period, between remand and breaking into homes to arrest, and fabrication of charges, and the issuance of draconian provisions, with evident abuse against every attempt to monitor violations against colleagues in the field of employment. Remand as turning and not to determine the dates of the meetings to punishment in the face of journalists, which clearly appeared in the issue of journalists Ahmad Jamal increase, which was acquitted after 487 days in prison, and Mahmoud Hukan and who is still in custody after more than 600 days on arrest it. The distribution of abuses against journalists on the monitoring period, came the month of January 2015, as the most months during the current year which has seen violations against colleagues, and it is linked to the anniversary of the revolution, a month is like January alone saw 57 cases of violation, including 36 documented cases, while the number of violations arrived in February to 29 cases of violation (including 14 fully documented cases), and in March it signed a 40 case of violation has been documented 21 of them, bringing the total to 126 for violations of violation during the first three months of the year, at a rate of 1.4 in violation of almost every 72 hours. It violations continued during the month of April , according to the monitoring of the electronic press (news networks and sites), were the most vulnerable to violations during the monitoring period where Sahvyoha exposure for more than 50 violation, while coming in second only to own newspapers, while dissolved foreign channels in third place behind large, where recorded four violations against journalists, while the dissolved government newspapers in fourth place with three violations against fellow employees. The geographical distribution of the violations, according to the monitoring period, Vtsdrth Cairo, followed by the governorate of Giza, and Alexandria in the third. As for those who violated the rights of journalists, they are respectively: the Ministry of Interior by more than (60 violation) and government agencies and officials b (27 violation), then individual civilians or civilian clothes, the end of the currents of opposition to the regime, and the terror that the right of citizens violated the rights of journalists to obtain information in Many of the facts and reached reduce death threats. examples of violations: 1. the police forces on January 25, the infringement of beatings and insults and confiscation of cameras and tools journalist for 30 journalists working in Cairo, Giza and the lake, including 19 cases prevent coverage and detention for investigation, as well as display more 5 of colleagues were beaten and threatened foreign correspondent and the confiscation of its tools to prevent them from covering the events. The journalists' union intervened to release a large number of colleagues. Police also carried Bastiagaf and detention of 31 journalists for interrogation for exercising their professional duty. has also been monitoring gunshot injuries cartridges suffered colleagues on the same day during the coverage of them Alaa Ahmed photographer (Masrawy website) and who was injured while covering a demonstration area of rain, it revealed as a result of radiation carried out by the stability of the bullet-kind palace near the left kidney - according to his testimony published - as well as his colleague Nabil rare site, hit by bullets cartridge head and hand during coverage of events clashes Abdel Moneim Riad Square and the ambulance and Ramses Street in the city center. Photographer Amr Abdel-Rahman was also injured from Dawn newspaper bears a cartouche while covering demonstrations in memory of the revolution Ramses area. 2. The Ministry of the Interior through the Mnsopen her about 51 violation, in the event sites, was intended to prevent journalists from documenting the events.3. monitoring period recorded more of 25 cases of infringement beat journalists and subjected colleagues to bodily injury until the end of March 2015. 4. exposure 6 journalists threatened, from different directions, including Egyptian and foreign journalists working in Egypt, so as to prevent them from continuing their work and the transfer of information to the public. quality models: eclipsed the monitoring period, the continued harassment of media workers of all parties, Far from political events coverage, journalists are exposed to serious violations, including beatings and Alastaiagaf, detention and smashing cameras because of their coverage of events unrelated to the political conflict originally and by the citizens of ordinary or affiliated with the political currents. During the monitoring period have been detained more than 19 journalists and a reporter and a photographer on a temporary basis, including: ? Wafaa Hassan photographer Vito was arrested on January 18, 2015 site during the coverage of the accumulation of traffic the highest bridge amid been scanning photos taken by mobile phone and was escorted to the Department of apparent police where was her release. ? Shamsuddin Morteza reporter and news agency ONA and believer Samir photographer Vito was Astaagafhma on January 25 anti Gardens Metro station by security agents and held for some time site was being released after your their computers and cameras inspection. ? Hamdi Bakri reporter Vito site was temporarily detained on January 25, 2015 during his coverage of the demonstrations on the anniversary of the revolution of January in Talaat Harb Square, and subjected to verbal abuse from the police after he revealed his identity Press, he was detained for some time the camp of the Central Security Council to Tora prison before being released two days of detention after . ? Iman Ahmed correspondent Portal News she was detained and a number of her colleagues on January 25, 2015 during the press coverage in Kafr Tohormos area of Giza ? Mohammed Mahrous editor in Vito was detained by security forces on the same day site, and then later released. ? Ala retribution, photographer he was detained by security forces while covering clashes Square Abdel Moneim Riad on Jan. 25 and assaulted the security forces it and seized its equipment and belongings. ? Ahmed Adel photographer dot Egypt was detained and grab his camera on Jan. 25, was released and recovered the camera from the Student Police Department. ? Mohammed Amin correspondent dot Egypt was detained by security forces in armored police rain Square on Jan. 25 was personal Fnah his camera before being released. ? Mahmoud Helmi Gaoud Conquest newspaper journalist was arrested at dawn January 25 from his home in the village of Majd Rahmaniyah Center Beheira and the exposure and his family to a home inspection and scattering its contents and the seizure of computers and mobile phones was released later after the intervention of the journalists' union. There were also reports of the arrest of the other brother, but was denied of his family at a later date. ? Yassin Kspan Portal News Editor was assaulted on February 8 by security company "Falcon" individuals, responsible for securing Cairo University gates while covering the atmosphere of the beginning of the second half of the school year, and they handed him over to the Central Security, which held him temporarily inside the armored police in front of the door of the Faculty of Information at Cairo University. ? Hamdi Abdel Aziz, and Mohammed Sayed and Mahmoud Gad, good Miniawy conscripts who temporary detention by responsible for securing the Al-Azhar on March 7, security forces and during their coverage of the pause was held in front of the presbytery. ? Nourhanne Zayed newspaper the Middle East was seized security and forwarded to the prosecution on charges of filming without a license on March 13, 2015 in one of the cafes Bagour city of Menoufia ? Nourhanne Imran editor gate delegation was detained on April 8 during the performance of its conduct investigative journalism in the family Helwan Court, was escorted to the Department of Helwan police and edit Minutes against charges of filming without a permit, and evacuated the prosecution process after several hours ? Amr Sayed photographer echo the country had been detained for some time Say Police on Friday 10 April while covering clashes between police and demonstrators in the rain-fed area ? cream Sha'rawi news newspaper statement was detained on Sunday 19 April by the charge of the security forces to secure Cairo University while covering student events, was detained for some time in an armored police was released after the intervention of the union. ? Mohamed Sayed from Arabic site Egypt was detained Day March 28, 2015 in Dokki passage point for a few hours because of because of a field investigation of his newspaper despite anonymity press. ? emigrated Hisham from Arabic site Egypt was detained on March 28, 2015 in Dokki traffic for a few hours a point because of because of a field investigation to her newspaper, despite anonymity Press ? 7 مارس 2015 exposure Deutsche Welle Television German team in Cairo assaulted by individuals wearing civilian clothes, through their work were smashed camera equipment. confiscation and prohibition and legislative restrictions: report monitoring many of the facts of the ban, which affected channels and newspapers in addition to the intervention of the authority to impose more restrictions on freedom of the press by issuing new legislation or impose supplementary legislation to the Constitution prepared by the IGC, despite the promises and commitments that came out to confirm that the National Committee for the Development of press legislation alone is entrusted to develop legislation and to the details of what has been detected: that - surprised the center of press and media leaks during the recent period suggest to the end of the governmental committee of the Council of Ministers of the development of media legislation complementary to the constitution, and that the government has to transmit them to the Committee of legislative reform in preparation for release in violation of the provisions of the Constitution which refers to the need to return to the Journalists Syndicate as the actress to the media when developing this legislation which reveals the government's intention to impose its hegemony on the Media .. pushed journalists' union to issue more of a statement to confirm that it assigned this role, most recently a few days ago.- Media published the features of a new draft government bill for electronic crimes, considered by experts attempt by the government to impose control over websites and the media of social communication, and sees Experts law opens the door to close a lot of sites with more severe punishment on those who refrain from implementation imprisonment for a term not less than three years and a fine ranging between 500 thousand and one million pounds, up punishment to life imprisonment and a fine of between 3.00002 million pounds if the result of the lack of blocking crime led to the death of one or more persons or damage to national security, in addition to a life sentence on anyone who commits an electronic crime infiltration or publication or leaking of confidential data or information, the purpose of disturbing public order or endangering the safety and security of society to the dangers, or harming national unity and social peace, or contempt of a heavenly religions. - monitoring report the issuance of instructions from government officials in the Ministries of Interior and catering and agriculture, to their followers not to give press interviews or statements to reporters, although the text clearly in the Egyptian Constitution on the freedom of access to information .. and spread these practices to a number of other entities, such as universities .. The repetition of these practices emphasizes the need for a law to freedom of information stipulated by the Egyptian Constitution in its article 68. - in the March 10, 2015 were traded news about change the first edition of the newspaper "home" because of the investigation for more than one sovereign state abstention, to pay Private workers in income taxes, which amounts according to sources the newspaper 0.8 billion pounds, and said journalists Gazette that she had not issued only after changing the subject and some of them raise the image of the front page before the change and the image after the change. - also saw the April 2015 cease-two programs on political backgrounds and religious .. On April 2, 2015 decided to management channel "MBC Egypt," the Saudi-owned stop the "BOSS" program of the writer Ibrahim Eissa weeks after its release on the screen, on the back of the position of the program submitted by the Saudi military campaign in Yemen (storm packages ) .. In the same month, specifically in the April 23 issued a decision to stop Islam Buhairi program (with Islam) after a community debate about the content of the program and the intervention of Al-Azhar institution to stop it. - April 4, 2015 raid on Radio freedom of the Centre of Andalusia for the Study of tolerance and searched the place, claiming to know the way in which is released by the news, trying to figure out the power that belongs to him the radio and gave security forces arrested the center's director Ahmed Samih, and referred to the prosecution, which released him later. - April 14, the terrorist group security services said it is close to the Muslim Brotherhood to blow up the twin towers of electricity Amovean Media Production City What caused the blackouts in the entire city, and stop programs and blackening the screens for some time, did not it stop at this point, but that the terrorist group issued a statement entitled "cut tongues" it declared adopted the process is accompanied by death threats directed workers in the city for the media .. She said the text "The cut electricity is not a substitute for beheadings and tongues "according to the text of thestatement ... The report confirms the conviction of the Black terrorism and who falls victim a day many of the martyrs of the citizens and the officers and soldiers of the police and army, and calls upon not to exploit these practices as an excuse to impose further restrictions on freedom of opinion and expression. prosecution Judicial reporters .. sword against freedom when did they stop fairly direct assault and prevention of coverage, but that government agencies and especially the Ministry of the Interior entered on-line through the prosecution of journalists, which demonstrates the existence of direction within the ministry to crack downon freedoms and noon that during the current year in 4 facts were Today the Egyptian newspaper a party in two of them: ? On January 12, 2015 began Supreme State Security Prosecution, investigation with colleagues on Mr., editor of ?Egyptian today?, and left-Badri, Chairman of incidents Department Gazette, in the communication submitted against them by theMinistry of the Interior on charges of spreading news raise false public opinion, in the presence of representatives of the journalists' union. The Egyptian today quoted a high-level security sources as saying that the suicide bomber who committed the incident bombing Dakahlia Security Directorate, which resulted in the death of 14 policemen and injuring 130 others, on December 24, 2013, previously set by the Cairo Security Directorate officers twice, and that he was recruited by National Security officers in the east of Cairo sector, but the Interior Ministry denied the report, it was published at the time, denied the internal Gazette. But he hastened to the communication against the newspaper and gave colleagues function on the health of the news to the prosecutiondocuments are being released pending further investigation. ? Ahmed Samih Director Radio freedom was arrested from his workplace on 4 April, and referred to the prosecution on charges of working without a license despite the fact that radio follows the administrative center human rights which is managed, has been released later on bail of five thousand pounds at the disposal of the case. ? On April 20, it has been investigated with Hussein Mahmoud Abdel Halim .. journalist newspaper Constitution and happy and the gift of the editor of the newspaper after its leaders Gazette campaign about violations and practices of the Ministry of Interior
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Mohammad Ali
3-5-2015 | 15:41
Journalists Syndicate
Publishes "Al-Ahram Gate," the text of the report prepared by the Journalists' Syndicate, in collaboration with several civil society for the violations against journalists during 2015 organizations, which announced today during the celebration of World Press Freedom Day.
Introduction after two revolutions big in January 25, 2011 and June 30, 2013 and after the fall of two presidents because of violating the rights of the Egyptian people in the forefront of the press and media freedom is still journalists in Egypt are subjected to horrific abuses carried out by the authorities mainly targeted to prevent journalists from the transfer of the facts of the earth to the public,
while income on the line of attacks on journalists and the violation of the right of Egyptians to receive information groups citizens and the remnants of terrorism ... and so pay journalists eighth transferred to the fact of multiple parties, whether government agencies or private or some dissidents and terrorist groups citizens. The report comes as an attempt of the Freedoms Committee at the Press Syndicate, in cooperation with the five human rights organizations to monitor the nature of these violations and means, and restrictions A journalist working in Egypt, and to
develop a complete picture of the suffering of journalists, in front of the journalistic community and public opinion, where violations have increased in an unprecedented way, and became a journalistic work, dangerous profession,
takes us back to a more ill than the situation that prevailed in the era of deposed President Hosni Mubarak. The report includes the first months of 2015, and what happened the violations, made the press in Egypt work dangerous adventure, may end up the owner in jail, amid a lack of transparency, continuous insistence of some state agencies (especially the Ministry of Interior), the cloning methods of repression and the return of gagging and the targeting of journalists practices, which is paid for not by journalists but only the public as well, which depends on the press for documented information, which did not put the state until now laws to regulate circulation and multiplies the impact of that arsenal of laws were inherited from the eras of repression make the press like walking through a minefield it prevents them from exercising their professional duty.The report also monitors the journalists attempted to break a deadlock violations against them and break the dominance of the state over the media through the system the new press legislation that is nearing completion of which is currently, through the National Committee for the development of media legislation the culmination of texts freedoms in the Egyptian Constitution .. But what is worrying is the emergence of leaks about the government committee set up by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has completed the drafting of parallel laws, the government has handed over to the Commission on legislative reform in preparation for the issuance, despite the promises of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and pledges Head Minister Ibrahim Mahlab the Union of Journalists and media and captain journalists former Rashwan Zia that their Committee is the only committee entrusted with the development of legislation. and come for leaks around the end of the Governmental Committee of the status of complementary legislation to the Constitution in this area, which appeared to the public days of World Press Freedom Day before, to return again Concerns about the desire of power in the extension of further domination of the media instead of liberating them from their grip giving effect to the provisions of the Constitution.
Despite the violations report monitored against journalists and media workers during the recent period, the Commission freedoms and organizations involved in the development of the report can not fail to point to the emergence of positive signs, but not enough of them verdict acquitting photographer Network certainty Ahmed Gamal increase after 487 days in jail, (still in prison, even writing the report despite the passage of three days on the acquitted) and the release of three of the journalists of Al Jazeera English at the disposal of their case as well as the release of two colleagues Ahmad Masood today seventh and Ayman al-Saqr Egyptian newspaper (though continuing consider their case) .. which indicators are not enough to say the existence of various of the State direction to deal with the press and the media in light of the continued imprisonment of a large number of colleagues, and in light of the escalation of complaints of violations against colleagues imprisoned pending issues I arrived curb torture and prevent them from visits, as well as to continue the security services to target journalists working in the field, especially photographers during coverage of events, which are complaints monitored by photographers Division Journalists' Syndicate and was the assault on colleagues and cracking cameras and prevention of imaging or scanning photos taken of events. As is made The report entry ordinary citizens line of attacks on journalists, which appeared in many of the facts during the period, especially for the final with journalists field and reached limit prevent some colleagues from the exercise of their work and abuse. can not afford the authors of the report denouncing practices of terrorism, which came to complement the hellish circle of targeting the press and media freedom stands an impediment to the flow of information to citizens transfer, which appeared in the threats, which affected many of the workers in the field of media as well as in targeting electricity feeder Towers Media Production City and the statement of a terrorist groups after the adoption of the bombing and who arrived limit clear threat of death, where the group announced that " electricity cut is not a substitute for beheadings and tongues, "according text statement. Cons and the authors of the report that despite the violations that have been monitored but there remain bright spots amid the events began with materials of the press in the Constitution, which came largely reflective of most of the aspirations of the journalistic community, remains to be completed status complementary to the Constitution of the legislation expresses the desire of the press group may be the beginning of the exit of the tunnel control of the media and its liberation from hegemony. journalists' rights violation methods varied journalists' rights violation methods during the monitoring period, between remand and breaking into homes to arrest, and fabrication of charges, and the issuance of draconian provisions, with evident abuse against every attempt to monitor violations against colleagues in the field of employment. Remand as turning and not to determine the dates of the meetings to punishment in the face of journalists, which clearly appeared in the issue of journalists Ahmad Jamal increase, which was acquitted after 487 days in prison, and Mahmoud Hukan and who is still in custody after more than 600 days on arrest it. The distribution of abuses against journalists on the monitoring period, came the month of January 2015, as the most months during the current year which has seen violations against colleagues, and it is linked to the anniversary of the revolution, a month is like January alone saw 57 cases of violation, including 36 documented cases, while the number of violations arrived in February to 29 cases of violation (including 14 fully documented cases), and in March it signed a 40 case of violation has been documented 21 of them, bringing the total to 126 for violations of violation during the first three months of the year, at a rate of 1.4 in violation of almost every 72 hours. It violations continued during the month of April , according to the monitoring of the electronic press (news networks and sites), were the most vulnerable to violations during the monitoring period where Sahvyoha exposure for more than 50 violation, while coming in second only to own newspapers, while dissolved foreign channels in third place behind large, where recorded four violations against journalists, while the dissolved government newspapers in fourth place with three violations against fellow employees. The geographical distribution of the violations, according to the monitoring period, Vtsdrth Cairo, followed by the governorate of Giza, and Alexandria in the third. As for those who violated the rights of journalists, they are respectively: the Ministry of Interior by more than (60 violation) and government agencies and officials b (27 violation), then individual civilians or civilian clothes, the end of the currents of opposition to the regime, and the terror that the right of citizens violated the rights of journalists to obtain information in Many of the facts and reached reduce death threats. examples of violations: 1. the police forces on January 25, the infringement of beatings and insults and confiscation of cameras and tools journalist for 30 journalists working in Cairo, Giza and the lake, including 19 cases prevent coverage and detention for investigation, as well as display more 5 of colleagues were beaten and threatened foreign correspondent and the confiscation of its tools to prevent them from covering the events. The journalists' union intervened to release a large number of colleagues. Police also carried Bastiagaf and detention of 31 journalists for interrogation for exercising their professional duty. has also been monitoring gunshot injuries cartridges suffered colleagues on the same day during the coverage of them Alaa Ahmed photographer (Masrawy website) and who was injured while covering a demonstration area of rain, it revealed as a result of radiation carried out by the stability of the bullet-kind palace near the left kidney - according to his testimony published - as well as his colleague Nabil rare site, hit by bullets cartridge head and hand during coverage of events clashes Abdel Moneim Riad Square and the ambulance and Ramses Street in the city center. Photographer Amr Abdel-Rahman was also injured from Dawn newspaper bears a cartouche while covering demonstrations in memory of the revolution Ramses area. 2. The Ministry of the Interior through the Mnsopen her about 51 violation, in the event sites, was intended to prevent journalists from documenting the events.3. monitoring period recorded more of 25 cases of infringement beat journalists and subjected colleagues to bodily injury until the end of March 2015. 4. exposure 6 journalists threatened, from different directions, including Egyptian and foreign journalists working in Egypt, so as to prevent them from continuing their work and the transfer of information to the public. quality models: eclipsed the monitoring period, the continued harassment of media workers of all parties, Far from political events coverage, journalists are exposed to serious violations, including beatings and Alastaiagaf, detention and smashing cameras because of their coverage of events unrelated to the political conflict originally and by the citizens of ordinary or affiliated with the political currents. During the monitoring period have been detained more than 19 journalists and a reporter and a photographer on a temporary basis, including: ? Wafaa Hassan photographer Vito was arrested on January 18, 2015 site during the coverage of the accumulation of traffic the highest bridge amid been scanning photos taken by mobile phone and was escorted to the Department of apparent police where was her release. ? Shamsuddin Morteza reporter and news agency ONA and believer Samir photographer Vito was Astaagafhma on January 25 anti Gardens Metro station by security agents and held for some time site was being released after your their computers and cameras inspection. ? Hamdi Bakri reporter Vito site was temporarily detained on January 25, 2015 during his coverage of the demonstrations on the anniversary of the revolution of January in Talaat Harb Square, and subjected to verbal abuse from the police after he revealed his identity Press, he was detained for some time the camp of the Central Security Council to Tora prison before being released two days of detention after . ? Iman Ahmed correspondent Portal News she was detained and a number of her colleagues on January 25, 2015 during the press coverage in Kafr Tohormos area of Giza ? Mohammed Mahrous editor in Vito was detained by security forces on the same day site, and then later released. ? Ala retribution, photographer he was detained by security forces while covering clashes Square Abdel Moneim Riad on Jan. 25 and assaulted the security forces it and seized its equipment and belongings. ? Ahmed Adel photographer dot Egypt was detained and grab his camera on Jan. 25, was released and recovered the camera from the Student Police Department. ? Mohammed Amin correspondent dot Egypt was detained by security forces in armored police rain Square on Jan. 25 was personal Fnah his camera before being released. ? Mahmoud Helmi Gaoud Conquest newspaper journalist was arrested at dawn January 25 from his home in the village of Majd Rahmaniyah Center Beheira and the exposure and his family to a home inspection and scattering its contents and the seizure of computers and mobile phones was released later after the intervention of the journalists' union. There were also reports of the arrest of the other brother, but was denied of his family at a later date. ? Yassin Kspan Portal News Editor was assaulted on February 8 by security company "Falcon" individuals, responsible for securing Cairo University gates while covering the atmosphere of the beginning of the second half of the school year, and they handed him over to the Central Security, which held him temporarily inside the armored police in front of the door of the Faculty of Information at Cairo University. ? Hamdi Abdel Aziz, and Mohammed Sayed and Mahmoud Gad, good Miniawy conscripts who temporary detention by responsible for securing the Al-Azhar on March 7, security forces and during their coverage of the pause was held in front of the presbytery. ? Nourhanne Zayed newspaper the Middle East was seized security and forwarded to the prosecution on charges of filming without a license on March 13, 2015 in one of the cafes Bagour city of Menoufia ? Nourhanne Imran editor gate delegation was detained on April 8 during the performance of its conduct investigative journalism in the family Helwan Court, was escorted to the Department of Helwan police and edit Minutes against charges of filming without a permit, and evacuated the prosecution process after several hours ? Amr Sayed photographer echo the country had been detained for some time Say Police on Friday 10 April while covering clashes between police and demonstrators in the rain-fed area ? cream Sha'rawi news newspaper statement was detained on Sunday 19 April by the charge of the security forces to secure Cairo University while covering student events, was detained for some time in an armored police was released after the intervention of the union. ? Mohamed Sayed from Arabic site Egypt was detained Day March 28, 2015 in Dokki passage point for a few hours because of because of a field investigation of his newspaper despite anonymity press. ? emigrated Hisham from Arabic site Egypt was detained on March 28, 2015 in Dokki traffic for a few hours a point because of because of a field investigation to her newspaper, despite anonymity Press ? 7 مارس 2015 exposure Deutsche Welle Television German team in Cairo assaulted by individuals wearing civilian clothes, through their work were smashed camera equipment. confiscation and prohibition and legislative restrictions: report monitoring many of the facts of the ban, which affected channels and newspapers in addition to the intervention of the authority to impose more restrictions on freedom of the press by issuing new legislation or impose supplementary legislation to the Constitution prepared by the IGC, despite the promises and commitments that came out to confirm that the National Committee for the Development of press legislation alone is entrusted to develop legislation and to the details of what has been detected: that - surprised the center of press and media leaks during the recent period suggest to the end of the governmental committee of the Council of Ministers of the development of media legislation complementary to the constitution, and that the government has to transmit them to the Committee of legislative reform in preparation for release in violation of the provisions of the Constitution which refers to the need to return to the Journalists Syndicate as the actress to the media when developing this legislation which reveals the government's intention to impose its hegemony on the Media .. pushed journalists' union to issue more of a statement to confirm that it assigned this role, most recently a few days ago.- Media published the features of a new draft government bill for electronic crimes, considered by experts attempt by the government to impose control over websites and the media of social communication, and sees Experts law opens the door to close a lot of sites with more severe punishment on those who refrain from implementation imprisonment for a term not less than three years and a fine ranging between 500 thousand and one million pounds, up punishment to life imprisonment and a fine of between 3.00002 million pounds if the result of the lack of blocking crime led to the death of one or more persons or damage to national security, in addition to a life sentence on anyone who commits an electronic crime infiltration or publication or leaking of confidential data or information, the purpose of disturbing public order or endangering the safety and security of society to the dangers, or harming national unity and social peace, or contempt of a heavenly religions. - monitoring report the issuance of instructions from government officials in the Ministries of Interior and catering and agriculture, to their followers not to give press interviews or statements to reporters, although the text clearly in the Egyptian Constitution on the freedom of access to information .. and spread these practices to a number of other entities, such as universities .. The repetition of these practices emphasizes the need for a law to freedom of information stipulated by the Egyptian Constitution in its article 68. - in the March 10, 2015 were traded news about change the first edition of the newspaper "home" because of the investigation for more than one sovereign state abstention, to pay Private workers in income taxes, which amounts according to sources the newspaper 0.8 billion pounds, and said journalists Gazette that she had not issued only after changing the subject and some of them raise the image of the front page before the change and the image after the change. - also saw the April 2015 cease-two programs on political backgrounds and religious .. On April 2, 2015 decided to management channel "MBC Egypt," the Saudi-owned stop the "BOSS" program of the writer Ibrahim Eissa weeks after its release on the screen, on the back of the position of the program submitted by the Saudi military campaign in Yemen (storm packages ) .. In the same month, specifically in the April 23 issued a decision to stop Islam Buhairi program (with Islam) after a community debate about the content of the program and the intervention of Al-Azhar institution to stop it. - April 4, 2015 raid on Radio freedom of the Centre of Andalusia for the Study of tolerance and searched the place, claiming to know the way in which is released by the news, trying to figure out the power that belongs to him the radio and gave security forces arrested the center's director Ahmed Samih, and referred to the prosecution, which released him later. - April 14, the terrorist group security services said it is close to the Muslim Brotherhood to blow up the twin towers of electricity Amovean Media Production City What caused the blackouts in the entire city, and stop programs and blackening the screens for some time, did not it stop at this point, but that the terrorist group issued a statement entitled "cut tongues" it declared adopted the process is accompanied by death threats directed workers in the city for the media .. She said the text "The cut electricity is not a substitute for beheadings and tongues "according to the text of thestatement ... The report confirms the conviction of the Black terrorism and who falls victim a day many of the martyrs of the citizens and the officers and soldiers of the police and army, and calls upon not to exploit these practices as an excuse to impose further restrictions on freedom of opinion and expression. prosecution Judicial reporters .. sword against freedom when did they stop fairly direct assault and prevention of coverage, but that government agencies and especially the Ministry of the Interior entered on-line through the prosecution of journalists, which demonstrates the existence of direction within the ministry to crack downon freedoms and noon that during the current year in 4 facts were Today the Egyptian newspaper a party in two of them: ? On January 12, 2015 began Supreme State Security Prosecution, investigation with colleagues on Mr., editor of ?Egyptian today?, and left-Badri, Chairman of incidents Department Gazette, in the communication submitted against them by theMinistry of the Interior on charges of spreading news raise false public opinion, in the presence of representatives of the journalists' union. The Egyptian today quoted a high-level security sources as saying that the suicide bomber who committed the incident bombing Dakahlia Security Directorate, which resulted in the death of 14 policemen and injuring 130 others, on December 24, 2013, previously set by the Cairo Security Directorate officers twice, and that he was recruited by National Security officers in the east of Cairo sector, but the Interior Ministry denied the report, it was published at the time, denied the internal Gazette. But he hastened to the communication against the newspaper and gave colleagues function on the health of the news to the prosecutiondocuments are being released pending further investigation. ? Ahmed Samih Director Radio freedom was arrested from his workplace on 4 April, and referred to the prosecution on charges of working without a license despite the fact that radio follows the administrative center human rights which is managed, has been released later on bail of five thousand pounds at the disposal of the case. ? On April 20, it has been investigated with Hussein Mahmoud Abdel Halim .. journalist newspaper Constitution and happy and the gift of the editor of the newspaper after its leaders Gazette campaign about violations and practices of the Ministry of Interior
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