Posted on 10/07/2007 10:54:15 AM PDT by fella
Oct 7, 2007 12:45 | Updated Oct 7, 2007 12:53 20 Egyptian newspapers halt publication in protest By ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO, Egypt
More than 20 Egyptian independent and opposition newspapers were not on newsstands Sunday as part of an effort to protest the country's crackdown on press freedom.
Opposition and independent newspapers' editors and opposition party leaders called for the one-day strike after an Egyptian court last month sentenced the editors of four outspoken tabloids to a year in prison for defaming President Hosni Mubarak and his ruling party after they criticized senior officials in the government.
One of the editors also faces charges in a separate lawsuit of spreading rumors that the 79-year-old Mubarak was in poor health. Another opposition newspaper editor and two journalists were also sentenced recently to two years in prison for allegedly publishing false news about the country's judiciary
Ooops......Fergot to check the excerpt box.
I guess I don’t understand how the cause of press freedom is served by refusing to publish.
“Hitlery and the RATS” may see this as a game plan.
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