New Delhi, February 4:India today condemned the detention of and attacks on journalists in Egypt, terming them as “unacceptable”.
“I am pained and shocked to learn about the detention and attacks on journalists in Egypt, who were reporting on the unfolding developments. Such incidents are totally unacceptable and must stop immediately,” External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said.
The minister, whose office is in touch with Indian journalists in Cairo, also said that the detained mediapersons should be released forthwith.
Amid the political turmoil and chaos in Egypt, foreign journalists have become targets of rampaging mobs, mostly aligned with embattled President Hosni Mubarak. Journalists became targets, beaten, bloodied, harassed and detained by raging men, most in some way aligned with Mubarak, CNN, ABC News and other media outlets reported.
Four Israeli journalists have been reportedly arrested in Egypt while trying to cover the escalating violence.
–PTI