The Administrative Court decreed on Monday that the Journalists' Syndicate is to give its unemployed members financial aid until it creates jobs for them, as per Article 3 of Law 76 of 1970, which obliges the syndicate to guarantee its members a decent life.
The court announced that the syndicate should make sure a journalist’s pen does not stop writing.
The ruling was connected to Hisham Meselhy who had filed a lawsuit saying he has been a member of the syndicate since 1998 and that he has been out of a job since the Afaq Arabiya newspaper that he was working for closed down in 2006 for political reasons. He requested a job and monthly financial assistance.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
