October 8th, 2008 by Jason

Daily News Egypt has more information on President Mubarak’s pardon of Al-Dostour editor Ibrahim Eissa. The pardon was championed and mediated by the head of the Journalists’ Syndicate in Egypt. Going forward, the Syndicate said it wants to implement a Journalists’ code of ethics that it alone can enforce, as well as introduce a freedom-of-information act to allow easier access to official state information.

An editorial in Al-Dostour states that “the newspaper welcomes and greets the pardon, yet will continue to fight and stand against corruption of all types and will still continue challenging the current regime…the pardon only corrects a wrong decision that should not have been made in the first place, as all of the laws that stand against freedom of the press should be eliminated at the roots.”

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