Friday, February 4, 2011

Journalist And Activist Humanitarian Attacked Supporting Mubarak

 The situation of political upheaval between the mass of the pro and anti-government Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak the more tapered. A number of journalists and humanitarian activists were subjected to mass attack pro-Mubarak.

As reported by the Times, Friday (2/3/2011), Mubarak supporters attacked foreign journalists. The journalists were beaten and equipment were also damaged. Not only that, Mubarak supporters suspected plainclothes police closed the road out to the media at the buildings in Tahrir Square.
Mubarak supporters also seized the center of the informal humanitarian workers in Tahrir Square. Two workers Amnesty International and another from Human Rights Watch were detained.

Mass Pro-Mubarak also dismissed the car used by journalists to get around the field. A group of people hold up the journalists were with a knife.

Two reporters for The New York Times released on Thursday (02/02/2011) and then after being held overnight in Cairo. While the two officers from the Washingon Post also arrested along with dozens of other journalists.

White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs criticized the Mubarak government's acts of violence against journalists. Gibbs said, if the action is not acceptable.

"Every journalist who was detained, must be freed immediately," said Gibbs.

Mass anti-Mubarak began to take to the streets in early January 2011 then. Mubarak called for immediate mass down from the leadership that has led for 30 years.

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