Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Cairo marks World Press Freedom Day with raid on journalists' syndicate

AYAH AMAN for Al-Monitor After police raided the Press Syndicate May 1 and arrested two journalists, even the state-run daily Al-Ahram condemned the move — but what does this mean for the future of Egyptian media?

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