Egypt’s judiciary begins hearing of lawsuit aiming to halt BBC’s workSource: www.export-egypt.com 4/10/2018, Location: Africa |
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A Cairo court held a hearing session in a lawsuit that seeks the revoking of the BBC’s office in Egypt, local media reported.
The lawsuit memorandum claimed that the BBC regularly broadcasts ‘false and fabricated news’, in an effort to destabilize Egypt and deliberately distort Egypt’s image especially in the field of human rights. Recently, the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters scheduled April 10 as the date for the first hearing into the lawsuit for the closure of Cairo’s BBC office, and the revoking its license to operate in Egypt, state news Al-Ahram reported. Lawyer Mohamed Hamed Salem filed the initial lawsuit, coming after a BBC report entitled ‘The shadow over Egypt’, which addresses the country’s human rights conditions and alleged torture. In response to the report, Egypt’s official State Information Service (SIS) said that report contains “lies and allegations.” On March 7, the SIS handed the BBC’s Cairo bureau chief a ‘protest note’ over the report, which was written by BBC journalist Orla Guerin. ”The author of the report, Orla Guerin aimed to impose her biased personal views and impressions through the report, she committed violations to internationally recognized professional norms, and those of the BBC itself,” the SIS statement read. ‘The Shadow over Egypt’ includes interviews with families of alleged victims of torture and enforced disappearances conducted by security apparatuses. |
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