Saturday, March 19, 2016

#EGYPT: Journalists Suspend Sit-In At Press HQ After Gov't Grants Some Of Its Demands

[world politics news]


Journalists have suspended their sit-in at the Press Syndicate headquarters in Cairo protesting the conditions of imprisoned journalists in Al-Aqrab Prison after families were allowed in to visit them.An Interior Ministry statement said Hesham Gaafar, a journalist and researcher serving a sentence in Al-Aqrab, will undergo surgery next week. Gaafar had gone on hunger strike to protest the "inhuman conditions" of their detention.

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