On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:20 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> The day Mubarak resigned, Logan was shooting video when she was > surrounded by a mob, separated from her crew, and beaten and sexually > assaulted. She's back in the US in the hospital. > > Gawker: http://gawker.com/5761283 > > CBS News statement: > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/15/60minutes/main20032070.shtml > HuffPo ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/15/lara-logan-suffered-bruta_n_823677.html) adds that this atrocity has precedent in Egypt: "The Committee to Protect Journalists report on attacks on the press in Egypt in 2005 referenced female journalists facing sexual assault<http://cpj.org/2006/02/attacks-on-the-press-2005-egypt.php> : A report published in 2005 by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights said that "journalists in Egypt suffer numerous forms of discrimination including unfairness in legislation, judicial prosecution of journalists for their writing and opinions, assault and death threats, and sexual assault of female journalists." -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
