Egypt Cracking Down on Journalists

The Takeaway

Mostafa Souag is the director of news for Al Jazeera. He says that six Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt were arrested and then released, but without their cameras. Egyptian authorities have also shut down the Al Jazeera office and revoked their accreditation. Souag says that the authorities are “trying to prevent Al Jazeera from providing people with what’s going on.”

Salameh Nematt is a Jordanian journalist and political analyst, he says that this political movement has shaken the region.

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