Why is Egypt silencing critical voices?

An Egyptian court has given a 15-year sentence to an Al Jazeera journalist for interviewing an opposition leader. Why is Egypt silencing critical voices? And can its leaders be pressured into protecting press freedom?

Join host Mohammed Jamjoom.

Guests:

Ahmed Taha - Al Jazeera presenter

Sherif Mansour - Middle and North Africa Program Coordinator, Committee to Protect Journalists.

Hussein Baoumi - Egypt and Libya Researcher, Amnesty International.

Mohamad Elmasry - Chair of the Journalism Program, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.