Tribune News Network
Doha
Al Jazeera Media Network has strongly denounced the recent move by the Egyptian authorities to re-instate a number of its journalists on a newly crafted terrorism list, subsequent to the termination of their unjust categorisation on a roster that undergoes renewal every five years.
The latest ruling issued by the Cairo Criminal Court, published in the official newspaper ‘Al-Waqai’ Al-Masriya’, mandates the inclusion of several names, encompassing Egyptian journalists and presenters affiliated with Al Jazeera, within a newly instituted terrorism list, set to remain in effect for a period of five years.
Al Jazeera has urged the Egyptian authorities to reconsider and refrain from measures that impede journalistic work and restrict freedoms. The network also called on the United Nations and global human rights organisations to pressurise Egypt to halt the arbitrary listing of journalists [as terrorists] and oppose such violations of rights and liberties.
Al Jazeera reiterated its demand for prompt release of its journalists Rabee Al-Sheikh and Bahaa Al-Din Ibrahim, along with all other incarcerated journalists in Egypt.
