. Space Travel News .




.
DEMOCRACY
Egypt military to try journalists over torture claim
by Staff Writers
Cairo (AFP) June 19, 2011

Military prosecutors in Egypt are to try a newspaper editor and a journalist over comments in an article on torture attributed to a military official, a military source said on Sunday.

Journalist Adel Hammuda and editor Rasha Azab from the independent weekly Al-Fagr were questioned by the prosecutor on Sunday and will appear before a military tribunal at a date yet to be determined, the source said.

Azab told AFP that the article in question contained first-hand accounts from people claiming they had been tortured by the military, as well as statements from an army officer.

Military sources said the officer in question denied making the statements published, which he said were "unfounded."

If convicted, Hammuda could face a jail term and Azab could be fined.

Several journalists have been interrogated by the army recently over their work, prompting the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) to say Egypt's military is censoring and harassing the press.

The Egyptian Organisation of Human Rights on Sunday denounced measures taken by the military against journalists, calling them "a new violation of freedom of opinion and expression."

"They are also a violation of the achievements of the January 25 revolution," the group said, and urged the army to stop referring civilians to military courts and summoning journalists.

The military has denied that it censors the media.

Power was transferred to the armed forces by former president Hosni Mubarak upon his ouster on February 11 after mass protests against his 30-year rule.




Related Links
Democracy in the 21st century at TerraDaily.com

.
Get Our Free Newsletters Via Email
...
Buy Advertising Editorial Enquiries






. Comment on this article via your Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail login.

Share this article via these popular social media networks
del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg RedditReddit GoogleGoogle



DEMOCRACY
Tough month for Chile's Pinera
Santiago, Chile (UPI) Jun 17, 2011
It hasn't been a good month for Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, the country's first center-right leader since the Gen. Augusto Pinochet left power in 1990. Street protests, which have included violence, have been staged around the country over a government commission's approval for a multibillion-dollar dam complex in the region of Patagonia. Tens of thousands of demonstrator ... read more


DEMOCRACY
Arianespace receives the next Ariane 5 for launch in 2011

SpaceX Secures Launch Contract In Major Asian Market

SES-3 Satellite Arrives At Baikonour Launch Base

Shipments Of Sea Launch Zenit-3Sl Hardware Resume On Schedule

DEMOCRACY
Camera Duo on Mars Rover Mast Will Shoot Color Views

NC State Students Look To Support Manned Mission To Mars

Countering Contamination for Mars Spacesuits

Opportunity Breaks Backward Driving Record

DEMOCRACY
Looking at the volatile side of the Moon

CMU and Astrobotic Technology Complete Structural Assembly of Lunar Lander

Blood Red Moon Predicted

NASA Releases New Lunar Eclipse Video

DEMOCRACY
'Dwarf planet' is covered in crystal ice

Carbon monoxide detected around Pluto

The PI's Perspective: Pinch Me!

Later, Uranus: New Horizons Passes Another Planetary Milestone

DEMOCRACY
CoRoT's new detections highlight diversity of exoplanets

Rage Against the Dying of the Light

Second Rocky World Makes Kepler-10 a Multi-Planet System

Kepler's Astounding Haul of Multiple-Planet Systems Just Keeps Growing

DEMOCRACY
Commercial Rocket Engine Test Firing Experiences Early Shutdown

ISRO to begin flight testing of GSLV MkIII in next two years

Teledyne and Aerojet form alliance to build rocket engines

Homemade Danish rocket takes off

DEMOCRACY
China's second moon orbiter Chang'e-2 goes to outer space

Building harmonious outer space to achieve inclusive development

China's Fengyun-3B satellite goes into official operation

Venezuela, China to launch satellite next year

DEMOCRACY
UMD-Led EPOXI Science Team Publishes Latest Comet Findings

Science Paper Details NASA Epoxi Flyby of Hyper Comet

Dawn spacecraft approaches protoplanet Vesta

Rosetta's first glimpse of the comet


Memory Foam Mattress Review
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily Express :: SpaceWar Express :: TerraDaily Express :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News
.

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2011 - Space Media Network. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement