White House urges Egypt to release detained journalists, academics

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

White House urges Egypt to release detained journalists, academics

WASHINGTON Tue Feb 4, 2014 3:06pm EST

(Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday that it is deeply concerned about a recent crackdown by the Egyptian government on journalists and academics.

"These figures, regardless of affiliation, should be protected and permitted to do their jobs freely in Egypt," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters at a briefing.

"We have strongly urged the government to drop these charges and release those journalists and academics who have been detained," he said.

(Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Susan Heavey)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/04/us-usa-egypt-whitehouse-idUSBREA131GV20140204

[Scootaloo]

1. Woulda been nice if the white house spoke out against a military coup to begin with, huh?

Thank goodness some of those 40 journalists are white first-worlders, else The US would just let them hang - and hang they probably would.