Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Journalists on hunger strike after being denied Syndicate membership

Makram Mohammed Ahmed, Syndicate head and government puppet

In yet another blow to Egyptian journalists, the government-run journalist syndicate, has denied membership to about 40 journalists from independent newspapers. The decision is clearly politically motivated, discriminating against those not affiliated with governmental newspapers and who have views that oppose that of the government. Makram Mohammed Ahmed, the syndicate head behind the denials, is of course a mere puppet of the ruling NDP.

Photos of the sit-in here.

2 comments:

Nevine said...

dude!

angry journalist said...

Nice glasses!
It's the first thing that comes to my mind to say to someone like him. However, since this kind of people seem only understand two words in the same sentence (orders mainly), maybe we could also try with a "GO AWAY"!!