Charges laid over TV footage of Egyptians ruining Mubarak posters

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

The Daily Star (Lebanon) reports:

An Egyptian television agency boss was charged by a Cairo court on Monday over helping to broadcast images of protesters tearing down portraits of President Hosni Mubarak during deadly food riots in April. Nader Gohar, who owns the Cairo News Co., was charged with not having a license to provide satellite feed facilities to foreign channels following a complaint by the Egyptian Radio and Television Union

Entry Filed under: Government, Law, Middle East, News Media. .

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