France, Sweden urge Egypt to protect journalists
France's foreign minister on Friday condemned attacks on foreign journalists in Egypt as "unacceptable," while Sweden's prime minister urged Egyptian authorities to respect reporters covering pro-democracy demonstrations there.
Speaking at an EU summit in Brussels on Friday a day after a crackdown by Egyptian authorities that allegedly saw more than 20 reporters detained and as many assaulted Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said reporters are "the eyes and the ears of the world at the moment."(AP)
