The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

Call for boycotting government publications Sunday

Journalists for Change have called for a national boycott of state-owned publications, like Al-Ahram, Al-Akhbar, and Al-Gomhorriya on Sunday, in solidarity with the 12 independent and opposition papers which are to go on strike on the same day.
The activists have also called for a demonstration 11am in front of the parliament to protest the proposed new Press Law, which has been denounced by the Press Syndicate as "designed to protect government corruption."