Egypt 'unsafe for women'

A media watchdog has advised news organisations to stop sending women to Egypt after two reports of sex attacks on female journalists.

Egypt 'unsafe for women'

A media watchdog has advised news organisations to stop sending women to Egypt after two reports of sex attacks on female journalists.

Reporters Without Borders said a French journalist was the latest victim, attacked by men in street clothes while she worked in the capital, Cairo. That followed a sexual assault on prominent Egyptian-born US columnist Mona Eltahawy who was detained for 12 hours by security forces.

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