Egyptian Journalists Syndicate
Celebrations erupted in the syndicate hall as vote counts from different committees pointed towards Balshy's victory after the counting and tabulation of all votes from various electoral committees.
An Israeli security source was quoted by Israeli media on Monday as complaining about an alleged Egyptian military build-up in Sinai, which he claimed to be beyond the ceiling set by the peace agreement.
The Freedoms Committee of Egypt’s Journalists Syndicate has urged a thorough review of the articles concerning publishing and pretrial detention in the draft Criminal Procedures Code currently under discussion in Parliament.
The Egyptian authorities released on Monday the long-held Al-Jazeera journalist, Hesham Abdel Aziz, and journalist Raouf Ebeid from pretrial detention.
Also, the code of conduct and ethics for the national dialogue was also issued, Rashwan said after the first meeting of the board of trustees of the dialogue in National Training Academy (NTA) headquarters.
Undersecretary of the Journalists Syndicate Khaled Miri said only 900 journalists have registered to vote in the syndicate’s mid-term election held on Friday, representing less than half of the quorum required
