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The Egyptian Press Syndicate Forbids Al Badeel Reporters from Registration
by malek | أربعاء, 23/04/2008 - 19:10
A number of Al Badeel reporters, a daily newspaper, have been on a sit-in strike in the Egyptian Press Syndicate headquarters. This action came against the background of the decision made by the syndicate's council forbidding Al Badeel reporters from registering their names in the syndicate's rolls. In their first press release, the reporters described the decision as a kind of revenge since they had backed the rival of the present chairman Makram Muhammad Ahmed in the latest elections.
The problem has begun when about 40 Al Badeel reporters—most of them have worked for years in the press domain—had submitted applications for enrolling their names in the syndicate and received promises to be registered in April 2008. To their surprise, the council had started creating excuses claiming that an Al Badeel newspaper hasn't completed its first year.
This is not the first case that infringes the right to organize and freedom of association, but there were other cases that reveal that truth—the case of Nahdat Misr reporters, the World Today reporters, and Al Mal reporters. These cases reveal the position of the successive Press Syndicate Councils towards registering new journalists.
Although the syndicate is full of members who have nothing to do with the profession of journalism except for being workers in the government-run newspapers, the council tries all the time to shut the syndicate's door in the face of the real reporters for being representatives of independent and partisan newspapers. This topsy-turvy situation influences, of course, on the credibility of the press syndicate as one of the bastions of freedom in Egypt.
Al Badeel reporters are just a drop in the sea of those reporters who were forbidden from entering the syndicate's paradise. It suffices to say that only 20%, in best cases, of Egyptian reporters are registered, a matter that deadly inflicts the legitimacy of the Egyptian press syndicate. This great exodus can incentive the out-door reporters to think of establishing a parallel syndicate with the purpose of defending their rights.
The Hisham Mubarak Law Center not only supports the legitimate rights and fair demands of Al Badeel reporters, it also calls for the press syndicate to solemnly respect the right to organize and the freedom of association.
The Egyptian Press Syndicate Forbids Al Badeel Reporters from Registration
Al Badeel Reporters Go on a Sit-in Strike against the Council's Position
The Situation Reveals the Continuous Abuses against the Right to Organize
Al Badeel Reporters Go on a Sit-in Strike against the Council's Position
The Situation Reveals the Continuous Abuses against the Right to Organize
A number of Al Badeel reporters, a daily newspaper, have been on a sit-in strike in the Egyptian Press Syndicate headquarters. This action came against the background of the decision made by the syndicate's council forbidding Al Badeel reporters from registering their names in the syndicate's rolls. In their first press release, the reporters described the decision as a kind of revenge since they had backed the rival of the present chairman Makram Muhammad Ahmed in the latest elections.
The problem has begun when about 40 Al Badeel reporters—most of them have worked for years in the press domain—had submitted applications for enrolling their names in the syndicate and received promises to be registered in April 2008. To their surprise, the council had started creating excuses claiming that an Al Badeel newspaper hasn't completed its first year.
This is not the first case that infringes the right to organize and freedom of association, but there were other cases that reveal that truth—the case of Nahdat Misr reporters, the World Today reporters, and Al Mal reporters. These cases reveal the position of the successive Press Syndicate Councils towards registering new journalists.
Although the syndicate is full of members who have nothing to do with the profession of journalism except for being workers in the government-run newspapers, the council tries all the time to shut the syndicate's door in the face of the real reporters for being representatives of independent and partisan newspapers. This topsy-turvy situation influences, of course, on the credibility of the press syndicate as one of the bastions of freedom in Egypt.
Al Badeel reporters are just a drop in the sea of those reporters who were forbidden from entering the syndicate's paradise. It suffices to say that only 20%, in best cases, of Egyptian reporters are registered, a matter that deadly inflicts the legitimacy of the Egyptian press syndicate. This great exodus can incentive the out-door reporters to think of establishing a parallel syndicate with the purpose of defending their rights.
The Hisham Mubarak Law Center not only supports the legitimate rights and fair demands of Al Badeel reporters, it also calls for the press syndicate to solemnly respect the right to organize and the freedom of association.
