The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, today, ignoring the Egyptian authorities to claims repeated civil society organizations on freedom of the press and media, that the natural role in addressing attacks repeated on journalists and media in their work in the coverage of current events, is an extension of a general state of open hostility by these authorities for independent media and non-taxable direct إملاءاتها, is otherwise in many practices of these authorities inside the device media state-owned and abroad, as represented by the letter of these authorities declared as expressed many of its representatives in various locations and access to the highest pyramid of power.
Has seen recent spike significantly in the facts that journalists and media professionals to attack deliberate, whether physical or verbal, by officials and private security personnel, as well as by individuals belonging to different political currents, as well as of journalists and media workers in many cases to deliberate obstruction of their performance for their journalistic work or complete prohibition of their performance, which included selective prevention of official institutions and parliamentary executive employees a specific media institutions to cover public events are in the foundation may not be withhold مجرياتها from public opinion.
In the latest models infringement on journalists, was, on Friday, February 22, 2013, each of Mohammed Fahim Abdul Ghaffar, Ahmed known, journalists newspaper seventh day assaulted verbally abusive and signals obscene by a officers force charged with protecting and securing Palace Federal, as the officer in question Bmnahma from doing their work, despite Kiemanma Bastiman boss after studying the identities and press Karnahathma.
In the context of a separate, exposure Waleed Ismail, journalist home, on Saturday, February 23, 2013, were assaulted by supporters of Sheikh Abu Islam, calling Salafi, and the owner of Channel nation space, and that when he tried to speak to Sheikh after his arrival to the High Court to undergo interrogation, The supporters tried to Abu Islam journalist expelled, after learning of his work in al-Watan newspaper, which they described anti-God and religion!
The Arabic Network said, "In these cases a repeat of a consistent pattern of infringement on journalists and media workers, arises when assaulted by officials, and does not interfere authorities as necessary by law to open investigation with the aggressor and held accountable, or arising assault by citizens under the eyes of security officials without be involved to do their part in protecting natural abused him in his capacity as a citizen in the first place, or to enable him to carry out his work as a journalist. With repeated failure of the authorities in all cases on the performance of the necessary by law, there is no way to ignore the fact that this failure represents a policy pursued by the authorities deliberately, and can not be extracted from the overall context of restrictions on press freedoms exercised authority declares every day for hostility frank independent media is taxable their control. "
The network "The Egyptian authorities should put an end to practices that create a climate of hostility to the independent media, which represents aggression deliberate on the right of Egyptian citizens to access information through a variety of means, not all be expressive all sound power and point of view. Should be aware of these authorities that the restrictions on freedom of the press and media would exacerbate political and social tension, which is mostly due to the practices of power reveal a lack of commitment to impartiality and integrity required ".
