It’s protesting the detention of two journalists on its premises on Sunday night.

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On World Press Freedom Day Egypt’s Journalist Syndicate has announced a general assembly to be held tomorrow with the message journalists are not terrorists and branding the Interior Ministry are thugs.

Side streets are blocked off by police who restricted entry to the area around the union headquarters.

The union called the police raid on their offices heavy-handed blatant barbarism and aggression on the dignity of the press.

Police counter that only eight officers were involved, acting on an arrest warrant for the two journalists accused of organising protests to destabilise the country.

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