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Outrage in Egypt over video of naked man beaten by police
Video footage of a man beaten and dragged naked by policemen in Cairo triggered an outrage in Egypt on Saturday and prompted calls for Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim to resign. But hours after the presidency expressed disappointment over the incident and Ibrahim offered to resign, the man told state television…
Defectors say Syrian state journalists ‘kill with words’
Lama al-Khadra summed up her work for Radio Damascus with a grim phrase: “Our mission was to kill with words.” Along with two other journalists for the state-run radio station, Khadra met with journalists in Paris on Friday after the three fled to France to join with opponents of President…
Mubarak verdict and sentencing to be broadcast live
Egyptian state television will broadcast live the verdict and sentencing on Saturday of ex-president Hosni Mubarak, his sons and security chiefs in a murder and corruption trial, official media reported. State television will charge foreign media between $7,000 and $10,000 to buy the coverage, the official MENA news agency quoted…
Iran airs footage of U.S. drone, protests ‘violation’
TEHRAN — Iran made a formal protest on Thursday over a US drone entering “deep” into its eastern airspace last week, and aired footage of what appeared to be the downed aircraft on state television. Swiss ambassador Livia Leu Agosti was summoned to the foreign ministry and told the incident…
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