Egypt's Press Union Chief Rejects Pressure Over Six Detained Reporters

Khaled Elbalshy, head of Egypt's Journalists Syndicate, the press union, rejected pressure over six detained reporters from Matsadaash, an investigative website. 'An infringement of one journalist's freedom is an infringement of everyone's freedom and a weakening of the safeguards protecting that freedom,' he said. Suspects are innocent until proven guilty. The Syndicate filed a torture complaint with the public prosecutor.