Journalists Censored in Egypt

Journalists Censored in Egypt

 

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information is reporting media censorship and press interference in Egypt.
This is crucial news as it comes soon after the presidential elections. The effected media outlets as reported by ANHRI are as follows:

• Al-Gomhuria Newspaper, “The Republic”, (here), in which was censored an entire Culture section page covering freedom of expression.
• Al-Musawar Magazine, “The Photographer”, which had to halt publishing the final book “Returning from The Brotherhood’s Paradise”, referring to the Islamic Brotherhood.
• An edition of an additional unnamed paper was also confiscated because of an article contained therein written by the Editor commenting on the Egyptian state intelligence community.

This all comes after a start in prosecution of certain journalists including:

• Abdul Haleem Qandeel; Editor of Sawt Al-Umma
• Adel Hamoudeh; Editor of Al-Fajr
• Islam Afifi; Editor of Ad-Dustour
• Pharaohs Channel, a news station, was also cancelled for one month under accusations of ‘criticizing the president of the republic and inciting violence’.

The ANHRI said that that these are the most violent attacks on Egyptian journalism and media after the January 25th Revolution which brought about regime change in Egypt. They also mentioned these actions are in contrast to the statements made by the new president, Mohammed Mursi, respecting freedom of expression.