MyNorthwest reports on an open letter written by the Committee to Protect Journalists to Egypt’s president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi. The letter requests that he not sign two draft laws that would threaten the freedom of press in the country. One law would jail reporters who produce information on terror attacks that contradicts official statements. The other would give jurisdiction to authorities to “pursue prison terms” against people on the Internet who commit crimes such as “threatening national unity.”
The Committee to Protect Journalists recently found that 18 journalists were already imprisoned in Egypt, a record. The letter to the president can be found here.
