Arrest and deportation of Bel Trew,a correspondent for the Times, is the latest incident in an unprecedented crackdownEgyptian authorities threatened a British journalist with a military trial and expelled her from the country with no stated cause, and in advance of the country’s upcoming presidential election.
Bel Trew,a journalist with the Times, was arrested on 20 February while reporting in Shubra, and a working-course neighbourhood of Cairo,and taken to a police station. Hours later, she was driven to Cairo international airport and forced to board a flight for London.
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Source: guardian.co.uk