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https://www.middleeastmonitor.com
Nearly 141 million join global campaign to release Al Jazeera journalists Nearly 141 million people have joined a global campaign demanding the release of Al- Jazeera journalists from Egyptian prisons on the campaign's FreeAJStaff site. The number exceeded any similar campaign on social networking sites, with 141 million people circulating the hashtag #FreeAJStaff on Twitter. The solidarity campaign started in Kenya's capital Nairobi when several journalists used the hashtag alongside personal pictures showing their mouths gagged with adhesive tapes to express their denouncement of the restrictions placed on journalists in Egypt. The hashtag gained momentum as renowned journalists showed support for the campaign. Earlier in the year, in a show of solidarity, nearly 40 correspondents and editors representing 29 international media organizations sent a letter to the Egyptian authorities to demand the journalists' immediate release. The letter was signed by Christiane Amanpour, CNN chief international correspondent and a member of the board of the Committee to Protect Journalists, BBC chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet, and reporters and editors for NPR, The Washington Post, Le Monde, France 24 and The Economist, among other news outlets. Meanwhile, the Doha Centre for Media Freedom organized a solidarity vigil with journalists in the Gaza Strip today. The vigil included a moment for silence for the journalists who were killed during the war, the signing of a book of condolences and a screening of a documentary about the suffering of journalists in Gaza. The event was attended by Al Jazeera channel.
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