Committee to Protect Journalists: Egyptian Security Forces Detain 2 Freelance Journalists
May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020
NEW YORK, May 29 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news:
Egyptian authorities should immediately release journalists Sameh Haneen and Shimaa Samy, and drop all charges against them, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
On May 16, state security officers in Cairo arrested Haneen, a freelance journalist and documentary producer, at his home, according to news reports. Later that day, Cairo's national security prosecutor charged him with sp . . .
Egyptian authorities should immediately release journalists Sameh Haneen and Shimaa Samy, and drop all charges against them, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
On May 16, state security officers in Cairo arrested Haneen, a freelance journalist and documentary producer, at his home, according to news reports. Later that day, Cairo's national security prosecutor charged him with sp . . .