CAIRO — A British journalist expelled from the country last month did not have valid accreditation and was filming without a permit, Egyptian authorities said Sunday. The State Information Service said in a statement that The Times of London correspondent Bel Trew, expelled after being threatened with military trial, also covered Egypt unfairly and published false information. Trew, who had been in Egypt for seven years, was expelled in late February after being arrested while reporting in Shoubra, a central Cairo district. The SIS said that authorities had issued Trew with credentials allowing her to cover the election but did not clarify how she could return to the country after being expelled. Advocacy group Reporters Without Borders ranked Egypt as 161out of 180 countries on their 2017 World Press Freedom Index.

Source: National Post March 25, 2018 17:45 UTC