#detained journalists in egypt
By Arwa Gaballa and Mohamed Khairat, EgyptianStreets.com Journalists and activists from around the world organized demonstrations on Thursday on the “global day of action” to urge the Egyptian government to release the Al Jazeera journalists who have been detained since December. Among those arrested is Australian journalist Peter Greste whose parents in Australia started a petition earlier this month demanding that he be released. The Qatari-owned news channel, Al Jazeera, has been accused of spreading false news with the purpose of threatening…
