Egyptian Journalists in Court Reminiscent of Mubarak Era
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Islam Afifi, editor-in-chief of Egypt’s Al-Dostour newspaper, is in the same place today that his predecessor was in four years ago: a courtroom facing charges of insulting the president.
“I’m worried about everything now -- my freedom as a journalist and my freedom as a citizen,” Afifi said in an Aug. 23 interview while in detention in Cairo. “This is an old scenario that has been rehearsed before many times” under ousted leader Hosni Mubarak. It’s an “attempt to silence the voice of freedom,” he said.