Dr. Sahar Khamis and her two guests, Dr. Courtney Radsch and Mr. Sherif Mansour, from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), discussed the reasons behind this crackdown on journalists in the Arab World, in particular, in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak; the role of organizations, such as CPJ, in defending journalists in this region during this challenging time; and the measures which need to be put in place to safeguard media professionals, moving forward.
Dr. Courtney Radsch is advocacy director at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the author of Cyberactivism and Citizen Journalism in Egypt: Digital Dissidence and Political Change (2016). She is a veteran journalist, researcher, and free expression advocate, who engaged in free expression work with UNESCO and Freedom House, and worked as a journalist for the New York Times, the Daily Star, and Al Arabiya, prior to joining the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). She holds a Ph.D. in international relations from American University.
Mr. Sherif Mansour who is an Egyptian-American democracy and human rights activist. Before joining CPJ, he worked with Freedom House, in Washington, D.C., where he managed advocacy training for activists from the Middle East and North Africa. In 2010, Mansour co-founded the Egyptian Association for Change, He has monitored the Egyptian elections for the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies and has worked as a freelance journalist. In 2004, he was honored by the Al-Kalema Center for Human Rights for his work in defending freedom of expression in Egypt. He was named one of the top 99 young foreign policy professionals in 2013 by the Diplomatic Courier.
The episode was broadcast: 22/5/2020
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