Journalist killed, another raped, in Egypt protests
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A journalist covering a protest in Port Said against Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was killed by a homemade bomb on Saturday (29 June).
Salah al-Din Hassan, a 37-year-old reporter with independent news website Shaab Masr (Egyptian People), died after picking up a bomb hurled at protesters in order to throw it away. But it exploded in his hands. Ayda Sobh, Hassan's mother, blamed Morsi's supporters for throwing the bomb.
Seven other journalists were injured while covering protests at the weekend. And one 22-year-old female reporter with a Dutch television station was reported to have been raped after being attacked in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
The Dutch embassy in Cairo issued a statement saying the woman, whose name has not been released, had been repatriated .
Sherif Mansour, the Middle East and north Africa coordinator for the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), said: "Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood have fostered an atmosphere where journalists are attacked with impunity.
"We call on all sides to respect the safety of the media and urge journalists to take precautions for their security in this dangerous climate."
Sources: CPJ/Al-Masry Al-Youm via Egypt Independent
end quote from:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/jul/02/journalist-safety-egypt
Salah al-Din Hassan, a 37-year-old reporter with independent news website Shaab Masr (Egyptian People), died after picking up a bomb hurled at protesters in order to throw it away. But it exploded in his hands. Ayda Sobh, Hassan's mother, blamed Morsi's supporters for throwing the bomb.
Seven other journalists were injured while covering protests at the weekend. And one 22-year-old female reporter with a Dutch television station was reported to have been raped after being attacked in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
The Dutch embassy in Cairo issued a statement saying the woman, whose name has not been released, had been repatriated .
Sherif Mansour, the Middle East and north Africa coordinator for the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), said: "Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood have fostered an atmosphere where journalists are attacked with impunity.
"We call on all sides to respect the safety of the media and urge journalists to take precautions for their security in this dangerous climate."
Sources: CPJ/Al-Masry Al-Youm via Egypt Independent
end quote from:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/jul/02/journalist-safety-egypt
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