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Reporters in Cairo faced a second day of violent intimidation and government detention Friday, and many journalists who were detained Thursday remained in custody, suggesting that the effort to stifle the flow of news out of Egypt had continued.
The Committee to Protect Journalists, which has confirmed more than 100 violent episodes so far, documented eight additional detentions and nearly a dozen attacks Friday.
It also reported the first case of a reporter killed while covering the unrest in Egypt. The reporter, Ahmad Mohamed Mahmoud, worked for a state-owned newspaper, Al-Ta’awun, and was hit by sniper fire Jan. 28 near Tahrir Square in Cairo, the group said. He died Friday.
