Amnesty described Hossam Bahgats arrest as share of ferocious onslaught against independent journalism and civil society’Egypt is facing international condemnation for a serious attack on press freedoms after a military prosecutor charged one of the country’s foremost investigative journalists with distributing fake information.
Hossam Bahgat – a contributor to the independent news website Mada Masr and founder of human rights group the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) – was arrested on Sunday. Mada Masr said the 37-year-old had been charged with “publishing fake news that harms national interests and disseminating information that disturbs public peace”. He is to be held for four days.
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Source: theguardian.com