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Wednesday, May 25, 2016
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Egypt deports French journalist amid media crackdown
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEgypt deports a French journalist without explanation, the reporter and his newspaper say, the latest move in an ongoing crackdown by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s government on freedom of expression and the media.
The reporter, Remy Pigaglio, who works for several publications, including Catholic daily La Croix, was returning from vacation in France and prevented from entering Egypt yesterday. Pigaglio says he has a residency work permit and a press card, and was detained for 30 hours at the Cairo International Airport before being sent back to Paris.
La Croix also says the French Embassy tried to intervene on his behalf but did not manage to prevent the deportation.
— AP
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