It is critical for journalists to have the freedom to do their job. This is especially true during rapidly unfolding events like the ones we are seeing in Egypt. If journalists can't report freely, the public can't follow these events and make informed judgments. Since former President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in 2011, the Egyptian press has been battered by an array of repressive tactics, from the legal and physical intimidation of Mohamed Morsi's tenure to the widespread censorship of the new military-backed government. Since Mubarak's ousting, eight journalists have been killed. Join the Committee to Protect Journalists in its call on the current military-led government for serious investigations into the killings of these journalists, no matter who was in power at the time. 

For additional information on the journalists killed, see below: 

 

1. Tamer Abdel Raouf,Al-Ahram August 19, 2013, in Damanhur 
2. Mosaab al-Shami, Rassd News Network August 14, 2013, in Cairo 
3. Ahmed Abdel Gawad,Al-Akhbar, Misr25 August 14, 2013, in Cairo 
4. Mick Deane, Sky News August 14, 2013, in Cairo 
5. Ahmed Assem el-Senousy,Freedom and Justice July 8, 2013, in Cairo 
6. Salah al-Din Hassan, Shaab Masr June 29, 2013, in Port Said 
7. Al-Hosseiny Abou Deif,El-Fagr December 12, 2012, in Cairo 
8. Wael Mikhael, Al-Tareeq October 9, 2011, in Cairo    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So far, the following prominent Egyptian journalists, press freedom advocates and civil society leaders have supported and signed to this campaign:   

 

1. Alaa Abdel Fattah, Blogger 
2. Rim Maged, ONTV host   
3. Abir al-Saadi,  Board Member of the Journalists' Syndicate 
4. Khaled Al-Balshy, Board Member of the Journalist's Syndicate 
5. Gamal Eid, Director of the Arab Network for Human Rights Information ANHRI 
6. Wael Abbas, Journalist   
7. Doaa Sultan, Journalist and former TV host 
8. Mohammed Al Garhy, Journalist and TV host 
9. Nora Younis, Journalist   
10. Manal Bahey El-Din Hassan, information and communications technology consultant. blog - Manal and Alaa 
11. Ehab El Zelaky, Al-Masry Al-Youm Managing Editor  

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