Mubarak's regime does not want witnesses. Although what is experiencing these days in Cairo is not a war the president is trying apparatus that truth is one of the collateral victims. Journalists are in the spotlight of the supporters of Arafat, who wants to silence the voices and images of the protests.
Egyptian president's supporters broke yesterday in hotels in downtown Cairo near Liberation Square, the epicenter of the protests, to prosecute foreign journalists. The most serious attack suffered a Greek reporter, Petros Papacostantinu, special envoy of Kathimerini newspaper, who was stabbed in the Place de la Liberation, as he has told.
"I was beaten, stabbed me and, despite the intervention of soldiers, I stole everything I had," he explains. "The military took me to a safe place but I was treated like a prisoner. After my protests, I was taken to a hospital," he continues. At the clinic was cured of his wounds shortly after he returned to his hotel.
Many other reporters were detained by police, including several Spanish. Six journalists from the Catalan channel TV3, two of the Telecinco network and ABC's special envoys and Punto Radio and chain Cope were detained in various police stations after several altercations. All of them were released after a few hours.
TVE reporter was tossed. Laura Lopez Caro, a correspondent for ABC and Punto Radio, and Beatriz Mesa, sent from La Cope, reported having been forced by "a raging mass" out of the car they were traveling in a control, as described in the facts of Borja Bergareche, deputy director of ABC.
"The pushed against a wall until, miraculously, there appeared a soldier who rescued them from the hands of Mubarak supporters, who included children with knives from potential agents in civilian clothes," says Bergareche. The soldier went to the correspondents to a police station where they were detained, and then taken by ambulance to the hotel.
TV3 reporters the six detainees spent five hours in custody after being arrested by a military patrol when they were recording images from a rooftop while the two envoys of Telecinco, Mayte Carrasco and Jaime Lopez, were taken to a police station after his taxi were assaulted when they went to connect to the news of the chain.
The Spanish Foreign Ministry has urged the Egyptian authorities to protect displaced professionals to the area, after many denounced yesterday be being victims of what they consider a "concerted campaign" to prevent them from reporting what is happening. The correspondent of El País, Nuria Teson, ensures that they are not allowed to extend their stay in hotels like the Hilton, a strategic facility located 300 meters from the Place de la Liberation, from whose windows you can view and record images shocks.
Determination explains that Mubarak supporters, armed with sticks and machetes, are experiencing any foreigner who tries to enter the square to find cameras and throw all journalists. Mayte Carrasco, correspondent of Tele 5, was shortly before his arrest that the Hilton was throwing all the correspondents and not accepting new reservations: "You can only get some of those prepaid rooms," he said.
He described episodes of violence against journalists in the street by Mubarak's supporters: "We spit and we cursed, and many of our comrades were attacked with sticks and stones." And told a Norwegian journalist was "harassed and lean" by a group of men pro-Mubarak. Harassment is still ongoing and systematic.
Journalists can not get around freely or let them hit the streets, says the special envoy of El Pais, Enric González. The situation was already complicated foreign reporters since the early days of the revolt, but on Wednesday, after Mubarak's speech, there was a deterioration. The president's supporters left the cave and began to attack protesters and journalists.
His crime, according to supporters of Arafat, is to show the world an image that does not conform to the reality of the country. International community sentences reporters from other countries also reported being assaulted. Anderson Cooper (CNN), Jerome Boehm (BBC) and Lara Setarkian (ABC News) said they had been attacked and assaulted by thugs loyal to Mubarak, said on their respective media.
They were also detained two journalists from The Washington Post and one of The New York Times. The White House, through his spokesman, Robert Gibbs, condemned the deal that is getting the press in Egypt and called for the release of reporters who had been arrested, reports Yolanda Monge.
A little further, the spokesman for the Department of State, U.S., JP Crowley denounced a "campaign" orchestrated to intimidate journalists and hamper their work in Egypt. A few hours later, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has condemned the harassment of the press, calling it "unacceptable." "It is a violation of international norms guaranteeing freedom of press," he said.
Europe also begins to make its voice heard timidly. Leaders from Spain, France, Germany, Britain and Italy have expressed their "extreme concern at the deteriorating situation in Egypt." "The Egyptians should be able to freely and peacefully exercise their right to demonstrate and have the protection of security forces." Attacks on journalists are totally unacceptable, "he said yesterday in a joint statement José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, David Cameron and Silvio Berlusconi.
"Intimidation and attacks against journalists is totally unacceptable," reported the High Representative for EU Foreign Policy, Catherine Ashton. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) also condemned the attacks suffered by journalists and described them as "disgusting." experienced journalists in conflict zones, said he had never seen anything like it, "he told Efe the director of research at RSF, Giles Lordet." It appears that the objective is to clear foreign media Cairo and is working for some, of which I can not say the name, they called back and his special envoys, "he said." Several correspondents have been directly attacked by supporters of the chief of police and infiltrators, "said the organization in a statement. 
Egyptian president's supporters broke yesterday in hotels in downtown Cairo near Liberation Square, the epicenter of the protests, to prosecute foreign journalists. The most serious attack suffered a Greek reporter, Petros Papacostantinu, special envoy of Kathimerini newspaper, who was stabbed in the Place de la Liberation, as he has told.
"I was beaten, stabbed me and, despite the intervention of soldiers, I stole everything I had," he explains. "The military took me to a safe place but I was treated like a prisoner. After my protests, I was taken to a hospital," he continues. At the clinic was cured of his wounds shortly after he returned to his hotel.
Many other reporters were detained by police, including several Spanish. Six journalists from the Catalan channel TV3, two of the Telecinco network and ABC's special envoys and Punto Radio and chain Cope were detained in various police stations after several altercations. All of them were released after a few hours.
TVE reporter was tossed. Laura Lopez Caro, a correspondent for ABC and Punto Radio, and Beatriz Mesa, sent from La Cope, reported having been forced by "a raging mass" out of the car they were traveling in a control, as described in the facts of Borja Bergareche, deputy director of ABC.
"The pushed against a wall until, miraculously, there appeared a soldier who rescued them from the hands of Mubarak supporters, who included children with knives from potential agents in civilian clothes," says Bergareche. The soldier went to the correspondents to a police station where they were detained, and then taken by ambulance to the hotel.
TV3 reporters the six detainees spent five hours in custody after being arrested by a military patrol when they were recording images from a rooftop while the two envoys of Telecinco, Mayte Carrasco and Jaime Lopez, were taken to a police station after his taxi were assaulted when they went to connect to the news of the chain.
The Spanish Foreign Ministry has urged the Egyptian authorities to protect displaced professionals to the area, after many denounced yesterday be being victims of what they consider a "concerted campaign" to prevent them from reporting what is happening. The correspondent of El País, Nuria Teson, ensures that they are not allowed to extend their stay in hotels like the Hilton, a strategic facility located 300 meters from the Place de la Liberation, from whose windows you can view and record images shocks.
Determination explains that Mubarak supporters, armed with sticks and machetes, are experiencing any foreigner who tries to enter the square to find cameras and throw all journalists. Mayte Carrasco, correspondent of Tele 5, was shortly before his arrest that the Hilton was throwing all the correspondents and not accepting new reservations: "You can only get some of those prepaid rooms," he said.
He described episodes of violence against journalists in the street by Mubarak's supporters: "We spit and we cursed, and many of our comrades were attacked with sticks and stones." And told a Norwegian journalist was "harassed and lean" by a group of men pro-Mubarak. Harassment is still ongoing and systematic.
Journalists can not get around freely or let them hit the streets, says the special envoy of El Pais, Enric González. The situation was already complicated foreign reporters since the early days of the revolt, but on Wednesday, after Mubarak's speech, there was a deterioration. The president's supporters left the cave and began to attack protesters and journalists.
His crime, according to supporters of Arafat, is to show the world an image that does not conform to the reality of the country. International community sentences reporters from other countries also reported being assaulted. Anderson Cooper (CNN), Jerome Boehm (BBC) and Lara Setarkian (ABC News) said they had been attacked and assaulted by thugs loyal to Mubarak, said on their respective media.
They were also detained two journalists from The Washington Post and one of The New York Times. The White House, through his spokesman, Robert Gibbs, condemned the deal that is getting the press in Egypt and called for the release of reporters who had been arrested, reports Yolanda Monge.
A little further, the spokesman for the Department of State, U.S., JP Crowley denounced a "campaign" orchestrated to intimidate journalists and hamper their work in Egypt. A few hours later, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has condemned the harassment of the press, calling it "unacceptable." "It is a violation of international norms guaranteeing freedom of press," he said.
Europe also begins to make its voice heard timidly. Leaders from Spain, France, Germany, Britain and Italy have expressed their "extreme concern at the deteriorating situation in Egypt." "The Egyptians should be able to freely and peacefully exercise their right to demonstrate and have the protection of security forces." Attacks on journalists are totally unacceptable, "he said yesterday in a joint statement José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, David Cameron and Silvio Berlusconi.
"Intimidation and attacks against journalists is totally unacceptable," reported the High Representative for EU Foreign Policy, Catherine Ashton. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) also condemned the attacks suffered by journalists and described them as "disgusting." experienced journalists in conflict zones, said he had never seen anything like it, "he told Efe the director of research at RSF, Giles Lordet." It appears that the objective is to clear foreign media Cairo and is working for some, of which I can not say the name, they called back and his special envoys, "he said." Several correspondents have been directly attacked by supporters of the chief of police and infiltrators, "said the organization in a statement.
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