What a high price people pay for change! Criminals running wild, political paralysis, destruction of people’s livelihoods and anarchy as police abandon their posts and their role as the custodians of law and order — in short, complete chaos.
The Obama administration said they view the attacks as a way to purposely terrorize journalists, and White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said that all detained journalists should be released, according to an article by the Los Angeles Times.
Intimidating journalists and attempting to prevent the coverage of the anti-Murabak protests in Egypt is wrong. The Egyptian government cannot keep its country united and peaceful by cutting off communication to its citizens — such as cell phone and Internet service, and it cannot win its people’s loyalty by censoring them.
"I blame some friendly states that have completely unfriendly stations which set the young against the state … with false claims and exaggeration,” said Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman. According to the article, “he urged Egyptians to ignore ‘the rumors and satellite channels that incite you against the state.’"
Shahira Amin, No. 2 editor for Nile TV, a state-run television network in Egypt, resigned when she was only allowed to show pro-Murabak demonstrators on the air, according to MSNBC.
Journalists from other countries must be allowed to cover a peaceful protest without interference from the Egyptian government.
Egypt is a sovereign nation and technically has the right to control its communication — but the Egyptian people have the basic human right to be informed. Creating a unsafe atmosphere for journalists from other nations will not change the dissatisfaction of the protesters.
When will politicians in this world understand one quite simple fact that a corrupt and dictatorial regime will not last forever. Change is the only constant in this life. One cannot fight against the tide of democracy and hope to win.
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