Al Jazeera Condemns Egypt's Inclusion of Journalists on 'Terror' List
Al Jazeera Media Network has criticized Egypt's decision to reinstate several of its journalists and TV presenters on a "terrorism" list, urging the authorities to reconsider and refrain from impeding journalistic work. The network called on the United Nations and international human rights organizations to pressure Egypt to halt the arbitrary listing of journalists and oppose violations of rights and liberties. Egypt's "terrorist" list imposes travel bans, asset freezes, and passport cancellations on individuals. Al Jazeera described the categorization of its journalists as unjust and called for the release of imprisoned journalists. Human rights groups have criticized Egypt's "terrorism" list, and Reporters Without Borders stated that Egypt has become one of the world's biggest jailers of journalists in the past decade.