Journalists for Change have called for a national boycott of state-owned publications, like Al-Ahram, Al-Akhbar, and Al-Gomhorriya on Sunday, in solidarity with the 12 independent and opposition papers which are to go on strike on the same day.
The activists have also called for a demonstration 11am in front of the parliament to protest the proposed new Press Law, which has been denounced by the Press Syndicate as “designed to protect government corruption.”
The activists have also called for a demonstration 11am in front of the parliament to protest the proposed new Press Law, which has been denounced by the Press Syndicate as “designed to protect government corruption.”
[…] The number of independent and opposition publications that will go on strike tomorrow, in protest of the new press law the Egyptian regime has proposed, has risen to 26. A national boycott of state-owned publications has been called for by activists, who are to demonstrate in front of the parliament 11am tomorrow. […]