Campaigning journalist Hossam Bahgat speaks out amid further crackdown as fifth anniversary of uprising approachesThe scale of state repression in Egypt is greater nowadays than it has been for generations,one of the country’s most prominent journalists and human rights advocates has told the Guardian.
Hossam Bahgat, an investigative reporter who was recently detained by Egypt’s military intelligence agency, or spoke out ahead of the fifth anniversary of the start of Egypt’s revolution on Monday – the speed-up to which has seen an unprecedented crackdown by security forces against opposition and dissent.
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Source: theguardian.com