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Rights group slam Egypt press crackdown

Tuesday, 03 May 2016 11:47 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 04 May 2016 12:27 AM ]

May the 3rd has marked World Press Freedom Day. In the UK, Journalists and rights representatives used the occasion to turn the spotlight on media crackdown in Egypt.

Amina Taylor

Press TV, London

May the 3rd has marked World Press Freedom Day. In the UK, Journalists and rights representatives used the occasion to turn the spotlight on media crackdown in Egypt. They have urged the UK government to exert pressure on the military-backed government of President AbdelFattah El-Sissi to end the campaign against the Egyptian journalists.

Amina Taylor reports from London.

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