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Africa North
Journalists' protests a 'further threat to Sisi'
2016-05-05
[AA.TR] A raid on Egypt’s journalists’ union head office this week could intensify opposition to President Abdel Fattah el Sisi, according to analysts.

On Sunday, police stormed the headquarters of the press syndicate in Cairo, arresting two journalists for allegedly inciting protests and plotting to overthrow the government.

Union officials condemned the raid as a "blatant assault on journalists’ dignity" and have called for the dismissal of the interior minister.

The syndicate was at the center of protests on April 25 over the government’s decision to hand over two Red Sea islands to Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
. The union said more than 40 journalists were nabbed
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
and assaulted during the protest.

Saed Sadek, an academic at the American University in Cairo, said a "revolution against the regime and its violations" could be sparked if other unions joined journalists against the government.

He said previous protests by labor unions, such as that which followed police assaults on two doctors in January, had failed to gain momentum. The demonstration by medics on Feb. 12 was the biggest since the 2013 military coup that unseated President Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first freely elected president.

Sadek said protests by journalists could have a "critical impact on public opinion" amid Egypt’s current economic crisis.
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