Phone conversations illegally broadcast on Egyptian TV
Egyptian rights organisations filed a formal request on 31 December 2013 with the Attorney General demanding an immediate investigation into the broadcasting of activists' private telephone conversations by a TV talk show host.
Last week, the host, Abdel Rahim Ali, who presents a programme called 'Black Box' on Al-Kahera Wal Nas TV channel, aired the private telephone conversations of political activists Mohamed Adel and Ahmed Maher.
The rights organisations demanded that an investigation be also conducted into the Vodafone company, the operator of the phone service used by the two activists, to determine whether it conspired to record and leak these conversations.
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