21.08.2013 - 09:16 [ State Information Service Egypt ]

Statement by the State Information Service (SIS) on current events in Egypt

At a time when the SIS expresses its respect for the freedom of opinion and expression, it noticed that some media coverage has steered away from objectivity and neutrality that are internationally common, according to a certain political agenda; a state of affairs that led to conveying a distorted image that is very much far from the facts and media coverage. This raises many questions about the neutrality of this media coverage and its goals out of the following considerations:

First: Egypt is feeling severe bitterness towards some Western media coverage that is biased to the Muslim Brotherhood and ignores shedding light on violent and terror acts that are perpetrated by this group in the form of intimidation operations and terrorizing citizens let alone killing of innocent people and setting churches and public and private property on fire along with storming police stations and blocking roads and all other forms of thuggery and sabotage.

Second: Some media sources are still falling short of describing the events of June 30 as an expression of a popular will where millions of people took to the street to express themselves.

Third:Despite the danger of „Al-Qaeda“ organization at the international level, the fact that the Muslim Brotherhood has sought the support of some of its elements is completely ignored.