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Rights group: Egypt police storm journalist training center

In this image released in Sept

The Jakarta Post
Cairo
Thu, October 22, 2015

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Rights group: Egypt police storm journalist training center In this image released in Sept. 22 on the official Facebook account of the Egyptian military spokesman, soldiers take up combat positions during an operation near the Bahriyah Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt. (Egypt Army spokesman via AP) (Egypt Army spokesman via AP)

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span class="inline inline-center">In this image released in Sept. 22 on the official Facebook account of the Egyptian military spokesman, soldiers take up combat positions during an operation near the Bahriyah Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt. (Egypt Army spokesman via AP)

Amnesty International says masked and armed Egyptian security forces raided the office of an organization in Cairo that trains and aides journalists, the latest assault on press freedoms in Egypt.

They say the forces detained all staff members present in the office of the Mada Foundation for Media Development on Wednesday, later releasing females but keeping some 20 male staff members on the premises.

"Carrying out an armed raid against an NGO which works to expand the skills of journalists sends a chilling and clear message that independent journalism and activities of civil society will not be tolerated in today's Egypt," said Said Boumedouha, Deputy Director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Program.

Watchdogs say journalists face unprecedented threats in President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's Egypt. (k)

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