CAIRO — An international media freedom group Wednesday condemned violence against journalists covering anti-government protests in Egypt and called on authorities to release at least seven journalists who it said have been detained.
Among them were an AP Television News cameraman and his assistant arrested by police early Wednesday while they filming clashes between security forces and protesters in central Cairo. An AP photographer was also beaten by a policeman and injured while shooting demonstrations.
The Committee to Protect Journalists said local and international media personnel have been widely targeted and that authorities have shut down the websites of two independent Egyptian newspapers and blocked access to social media Internet sites.
It said at least six journalists from one independent Egyptian daily alone have been beaten. The Associated Press
