23.9 C
Karachi
Friday, March 29, 2024
- Advertisement -
 

CPJ alarmed by expulsion of popular TV host from Egypt

TOP NEWS

Web Desk
Web Desk
News Stories Posted by ARY News Digital Team

According to CPJ statement, Daoud, who holds British and Lebanese nationalities, was seized from her home in Cairo by eight men in civilian clothes who claimed to be from the Passport Authority. The journalist gave her account of the ordeal in a series of Tweets the other day.

host-post-1
According to Daoud’s account, the men seized Daoud’s phone and her British passport, and refused to show an arrest warrant. When she asked to exercise her legal right to call a lawyer and to contact her embassy, the men began shouting and threatening her. She was then taken directly to Cairo International Airport, where she was told by officials that she would be ejected from the country. Daoud said she chose to be sent to Beirut, where she has family.

tweet news

The journalist wrote on Twitter that she is pursuing all legal and diplomatic channels in order to return to Egypt, where she has an 11-year-old daughter, of whom she is the primary guardian.

“It is outrageous that Liliane Daoud was seized from her home and forced to leave the country without warning,” Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator Sherif Mansour said from Washington. “Where independent journalists are concerned, Egypt has given up even the pretense to rule of law.”

host-post-3

Daoud was seized from her home hours after she announced the end of her contract with privately owned channel ON tv on social media. She had hosted the talk show “Al-Soura al-Kamila” (“The Full Picture”) on ONtv twice a week since 2011. Daoud hosted activists, politicians, and government and security officials on the show. She was often critical of government policy and performance under the leadership of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and his predecessors.

host-post-2

Egyptian state media reported that Daoud was deported to Lebanon because there was no justification for her presence in Egypt.

The channel on Monday released a statement announcing that it had begun a restructuring process, with the aim of increasing its ratings, and that Daoud’s contract had been terminated with the consent of both parties, according to media reports.

 

- Advertisement -
- Advertisement -
 

POLL

Will the PML-N led govt be able to steer Pakistan out of economic crisis?

- Advertisement -
 

MORE STORIES