Hossam el-Hamalawy
In response to the increasing police attacks against photographers, especially during their coverage of the Duweiqa and National Theater disasters, a protest is planned in front of the Press Syndicate, 11am, on 12 October, marking the anniversary of the catastrophic 1992 earthquake.
This will be the second anti-police brutality demonstration organized by photographers since February 2007.
Alexandrian microbus drivers and journalists in Daqahliya are staging sit-ins.
From Agencies:
A court sentenced an Egyptian newspaper editor to one year in jail on Wednesday for having published his paper without a permit from the press council, the state-run MENA news agency reported.
Ahmad Bakr Selim was granted bail on a surety of LE 10,000 pending any appeal against the decision of the Cairo court, which accused him of unlawfully distributing and publishing the Al-Qahira Al-Youm newspaper.