February 2nd, 2011 by Alec

According to Reporters Without Borders, several journalists were attacked today by pro-Mubarak demonstrators in Cairo.  Attacks took place against reporters from the BBC, CNN, ABC News, Al-Jazeera, and Al-Arabiya.  Some of the reporters attacked include Anderson Cooper of CNN and Laura Sertrakian of ABC News.  The International Press Institute has condemned the violence against journalists and reports that the headquarters of Egyptian newspaper AlMasry AlYoum was also attacked today.  Journalists have also been reported missing, some of whom appear to have been dragged away by “unidentified individuals.” David Goodman, of the New York Times, writes that these attacks, “appeared to represent the most coordinated and widespread effort to stop international reporters from doing their jobs.”  U.S. State Department Spokesman PJ Crowley expressed concern via Twitter about attacks on the press, stating that Egyptian civil society wants to implement freedom of the press in the country.

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