![AFP_A83H7 A journalist scuffles with a policeman during a protest to demand the sacking of the interior minister on May 4, 2016 outside the Journalists' Syndicate headquarters in Cairo, after an unprecedented police raid to arrest two reporters.
Egyptian police stormed the headquarters of the journalists' association in central Cairo on May 1, 2016 and arrested two journalists, Amr Badr and Mahmud el-Sakka, for incitement to protest. / AFP / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Ge](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2016/09/GettyImages-528204032.jpg/GettyImages-528204032.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=c-rycXSF)
![AFP_A83H7 A journalist scuffles with a policeman during a protest to demand the sacking of the interior minister on May 4, 2016 outside the Journalists' Syndicate headquarters in Cairo, after an unprecedented police raid to arrest two reporters.
Egyptian police stormed the headquarters of the journalists' association in central Cairo on May 1, 2016 and arrested two journalists, Amr Badr and Mahmud el-Sakka, for incitement to protest. / AFP / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Ge](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2016/09/GettyImages-528204032.jpg/GettyImages-528204032.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=c-rycXSF)
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![AFP_A83H7 A journalist scuffles with a policeman during a protest to demand the sacking of the interior minister on May 4, 2016 outside the Journalists' Syndicate headquarters in Cairo, after an unprecedented police raid to arrest two reporters.
Egyptian police stormed the headquarters of the journalists' association in central Cairo on May 1, 2016 and arrested two journalists, Amr Badr and Mahmud el-Sakka, for incitement to protest. / AFP / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Ge](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2016/09/GettyImages-528204032.jpg/GettyImages-528204032.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=c-rycXSF)
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