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Egyptian Court Adjourns Al Jazeera Journalists Trial to Thursday
A Cairo court on Monday adjourned the trial of three Al Jazeera television journalists for four days after hearing the prosecution's closing argument that their reporting had endangered Egypt's national security.
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Australia Working to Bring Al-Jazeera Journalist Home: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Wednesday Australia was engaging daily with the Egyptian government "at the highest level" to bring home jailed Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste.
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Amal Clooney Disputes Arrest Warning Story
British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has disputed a story reporting how Egyptian officials warned her she risked arrest last year if she released a report in Cairo critical of the judiciary.
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Amal Clooney 'Threatened with Arrest' in Egypt
British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney claimed in an interview published on Saturday that she was threatened with arrest in Egypt after identifying flaws in the judicial system that later contributed to the convictions of three Al-Jazeera journalists.
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US tells Egypt to stop harassment of journalists
Concerned over the reports of detention and harassment of journalists and human rights activists in strife-torn Egypt, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked the Egyptian authorities to ensure that no such action is taken against them.Clinton conveyed this tough message in a telephonic call to Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik, the Stat...
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Egypt unrest: Journalists return to Cairo square, but threats remain
Live television footage of Cairo's central Tahrir Square resumed Friday, but it appeared that some foreign journalists were still being detained and fresh reports of attacks on reporters and news organizations suggested that the effort to stifle the flow of news out of Egypt had slowed but not ended. As over 100,000 protesters surged into the squar...
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Six French journalists detained in Egypt: broadcasters
French broadcasters today said that six of their journalists covering protests in Egypt had beendetained in Cairo, where foreign journalists face growing intimidation.Three journalists from TF1, France's biggest private TV broadcaster, were detained in Cairo today morning by armed men in civilian clothes and taken to an unknown destination, thechan...
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Egypt unrest: Clampdown on journalists across country
The Egyptian military started rounding up journalists, possibly for their own protection, on Thursday after they came under attack from supporters of President Hosni Mubarak who have been assaulting anti-government protesters.The U.S. State Department condemned what it called a "concerted campaign to intimidate" foreign journalist in Egypt. The New...
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In Cairo, reporter beaten with steel bars
A BBC reporter said he was badly beaten by Cairo police who he accused of targeting foreign journalists covering anti-government protests in the Egyptian capital."They were targeting journalists deliberately," said Assad Sawey, who sported a bloodied bandage on his head as he spoke to BBC World television in Cairo."They took my camera away and when...
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Egyptian Court Adjourns Al Jazeera Journalists Trial to Thursday
A Cairo court on Monday adjourned the trial of three Al Jazeera television journalists for four days after hearing the prosecution's closing argument that their reporting had endangered Egypt's national security.
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Australia Working to Bring Al-Jazeera Journalist Home: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Wednesday Australia was engaging daily with the Egyptian government "at the highest level" to bring home jailed Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste.
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Amal Clooney Disputes Arrest Warning Story
British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has disputed a story reporting how Egyptian officials warned her she risked arrest last year if she released a report in Cairo critical of the judiciary.
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Amal Clooney 'Threatened with Arrest' in Egypt
British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney claimed in an interview published on Saturday that she was threatened with arrest in Egypt after identifying flaws in the judicial system that later contributed to the convictions of three Al-Jazeera journalists.
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US tells Egypt to stop harassment of journalists
Concerned over the reports of detention and harassment of journalists and human rights activists in strife-torn Egypt, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked the Egyptian authorities to ensure that no such action is taken against them.Clinton conveyed this tough message in a telephonic call to Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik, the Stat...
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Egypt unrest: Journalists return to Cairo square, but threats remain
Live television footage of Cairo's central Tahrir Square resumed Friday, but it appeared that some foreign journalists were still being detained and fresh reports of attacks on reporters and news organizations suggested that the effort to stifle the flow of news out of Egypt had slowed but not ended. As over 100,000 protesters surged into the squar...
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Six French journalists detained in Egypt: broadcasters
French broadcasters today said that six of their journalists covering protests in Egypt had beendetained in Cairo, where foreign journalists face growing intimidation.Three journalists from TF1, France's biggest private TV broadcaster, were detained in Cairo today morning by armed men in civilian clothes and taken to an unknown destination, thechan...
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Egypt unrest: Clampdown on journalists across country
The Egyptian military started rounding up journalists, possibly for their own protection, on Thursday after they came under attack from supporters of President Hosni Mubarak who have been assaulting anti-government protesters.The U.S. State Department condemned what it called a "concerted campaign to intimidate" foreign journalist in Egypt. The New...
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In Cairo, reporter beaten with steel bars
A BBC reporter said he was badly beaten by Cairo police who he accused of targeting foreign journalists covering anti-government protests in the Egyptian capital."They were targeting journalists deliberately," said Assad Sawey, who sported a bloodied bandage on his head as he spoke to BBC World television in Cairo."They took my camera away and when...
