Two Egyptian journalists arrested at Cairo sit-in

By Aydogan Kalabalik

CAIRO

Two Egyptian journalists were arrested on Sunday after Egyptian security forces stormed the Egyptian Press Syndicate’s Cairo headquarters, according to eyewitnesses.

Syndicate members had been holding a sit-in held in solidarity with detained journalists and calling for their release.

"The sit-in was organized by the families and friends of several journalists currently in [police] detention," Ahmed Abdel-Aziz, an Egyptian reporter, told Anadolu Agency late Sunday.

According to Abdel-Aziz and other eyewitnesses, dozens of plainclothes policemen stormed the syndicate headquarters and detained journalists Amr Badr and Mahmoud al-Sakka.

In a statement, Khaled al-Balshi, head of the syndicate's freedom committee, described the incident as "an assault unprecedented in the syndicate’s history".

By Aydogan Kalabalik

CAIRO

Two Egyptian journalists were arrested on Sunday after Egyptian security forces stormed the Egyptian Press Syndicate’s Cairo headquarters, according to eyewitnesses.

Syndicate members had been holding a sit-in held in solidarity with detained journalists and calling for their release.

"The sit-in was organized by the families and friends of several journalists currently in [police] detention," Ahmed Abdel-Aziz, an Egyptian reporter, told Anadolu Agency late Sunday.

According to Abdel-Aziz and other eyewitnesses, dozens of plainclothes policemen stormed the syndicate headquarters and detained journalists Amr Badr and Mahmoud al-Sakka.

In a statement, Khaled al-Balshi, head of the syndicate's freedom committee, described the incident as "an assault unprecedented in the syndicate’s history".