CPJ says Egypt remains one of the worst jailers of journalists

The international community has “failed” to pressure Egypt to improve press freedom conditions, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says on an otherwise fairly quiet day for Egypt in the foreign press. CPJ labelled Egypt as one of the “worst” jailers of journalists, placing it in third place on a list that is led by Turkey and China. Egypt is home to 20 of a total 262 jailed journalists worldwide.

Foreign Policy picks up the refrain in its latest piece on Egypt, the author of which writes that, “Cairo is cracking down on organizations that shed light on its abuses” in the name of war on terror,” citing the repeated closures of the Al Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture.