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November 27, 2019

Pompeo Calls on Egypt to Respect Press Freedom, After Raid of Mada Masr
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on Egypt to respect freedom of
the press, only days after Egyptian security forces raided the Cairo
office of independent news outlet Mada Masr and detained staff members,
who have now been released.

Mike Pompeo: "As part of our long-standing partnership with Egypt, we
continue to raise the fundamental importance of respect for human
rights, universal freedoms, and the need for robust civil society. We
call on the Egyptian government to respect freedom of the press and to
release journalists detained in a raid last weekend."

To see our full interview with Mada Masr reporter and longtime Democracy
Now correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous, go to Democracy Now.org.


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