This article is from Democracy Digest:
Democracy and human rights activists are expressing concern over the arrest of the brother of a prominent journalist, in the latest of a series of cases which have “chilled” Egypt’s media.
Egyptian authorities must immediately release Kamal el-Balshy, the brother of Darb editor Khaled el-Balshy (right), a former board member of Egypt’s press syndicate, and stop harassing the families of journalists, said the Committee to Protect Journalists:
On September 20, state security forces arrested Kamal el-Balshy, who works at an international travel agency, while he was returning home from the gym in downtown Cairo, according to a statement by local news website Darb. On October 1, the state prosecutor’s office charged el-Balshy with illegal assembly, membership of a banned group, spreading false news, and misusing social media, and ordered him detained for 15 days pending trial, according to Darb and news reports.
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