Since the Egyptian military seized power on July 3, 2013, foreign and domestic journalists and news organisations working in the country have faced harassment, detention and broadcast prohibitions. Underscoring the challenges facing journalists in Egypt, International Press Institute (IPI) Executive Director Alison Bethel McKenzie and Al-Jazeera Washington, D.C., Bureau Chief Abderrahim Foukara will discuss violations of press freedom in one of Washington’s closest Middle East allies.
Speaking in Geneva on Sept. 19 on a panel discussing the crackdown on news media during the recent turmoil in Egypt, McKenzie pressed the military-backed government to free jailed journalists and “to reverse its efforts to silence news organisations, whether they are Egyptian or international”.
What: Press conference on press freedom violations in Egypt
Who: Alison Bethel McKenzie, Executive Director of the International Press Institute in Vienna, Austria; Abderrahim Foukara, Al-Jazeera Bureau Chief in Washington, D.C.
When: Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, at 10 a.m.
Where: National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor, Zenger Room
Why: To expose the ongoing violations of press freedom in Egypt, including the deaths of at least six foreign and Egyptian journalists since July 3, 2013