From journalists’ pursuit to protection? Bid to ban jail sentences for publishing gets boost from syndicate, MPs

Mada Masr ·
Egypt

Parliamentarians, legal advocates and representatives of the Journalists Syndicate gathered on Saturday at the Cairo syndicate headquarters for an open seminar to discuss practical steps to curb the use of detention against journalists in lawsuits related to the act of publishing. Participants noted that, despite an explicit constitutional protection against the practice, there is a lack of…

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