30219975 French reporters in Egypt 15 hours interrogated blindfolded
Three journalists of French TV channel TF1, detained in Cairo on the morning of Thursday, February 3, armed men in civilian clothes, was released after 15 hours of interrogation. As informs AFP referring to the journalists themselves, they are not tortured, but continually questioned, and bolshuyu of the time they had been blindfolded. Who were detained and where they were held, and remains unclear. AFP also reported the release of three journalists from the television channel France 24, who were detained on Wednesday, February 2. Out of Egypt have been numerous reports of attacks on foreign journalists, in particular, that the supporters of President Hosni Mubarak to break into the hotel in search of the reporters, beat them, spoil and selected equipment. Suffered or were detained journalists, American television channel ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, FOX News, the British BBC, Russian Russia Today, "Russia-24" and "The Star" newspaper The New York Times, The Washington Post, many international news agencies. Egyptian state media, for its part, reported that the military "have moved to a safe place" 18 foreign journalists. Unrest continues in Egypt from January 25. Demonstrators on the streets of major cities, including the central Tahrir Square in Cairo, demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. Feb. 2 on the streets began to appear a crowd of Mubarak, and the protests that were until then mostly non-violent, resulted in clashes that led to human casualties.
