Global Pandemic: Doctors And Journalists Arrested For Speaking Out About COVID-19

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 8 July 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Some North African countries are busy targeting doctors and journalists for speaking out about their government’s handling of coronavirus instead of focusing on fighting the virus. Egypt has been struggling since before the pandemic hit, and now its government’s crackdown on media and activism about coronavirus is further stressing the country. FOX’s Trey Yingst speaks with Amy Hawthorne, the Deputy Director for Research at the Project on Middle East Democracy, on just how far Egyptian President Al-Sisi will go to contain information from citizens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.5	Wednesday, July 8th, 2020. I'm Trey Yinks. With new coronavirus cases continuing in Egypt,
0:29.2	reports indicate the government is arresting those trying to bring attention to the situation.
0:34.0	For political reasons on what the U.S. government and other observers believe are unfounded
0:39.5	charges and these people are detained, convicted, and locked up and held in really unacceptable
0:46.3	detention.
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1:03.0	Over the next few minutes, you'll get the latest headlines on the global COVID-19 outbreak.
1:07.6	And hear from Amy Hawthorne, the Deputy Director for Research at the Project on Middle East democracy.
1:13.0	Starting first in Israel, that is getting hit hard by a second wave of COVID-19, with more than
1:17.9	a thousand new daily cases.
1:19.8	This week, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to shut down bars,
1:24.0	gyms, and event halls once again as new cases have started to spike.
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