sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
Egyptian government attempts to suppress the media
New York, August 16, 2012--President Mohamed Morsi's government and allies are pushing back against critical news coverage, suppressing critical journalists and state-run newspapers, putting a journalist on trial, and attacking three journalists on the street, according to news reports.
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http://cpj.org/2012/08/egyptian-government-attempts-to-suppress-the-media.php
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August 23, 2012
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A Giza criminal court had ordered the pre-trial detention of Islam Afifi, editor-in-chief of the private daily Al-Dustour, who is charged with "insulting the president" and "spreading rumors that could disturb public safety and harm public interest," according to news reports. Afifi's trial, originally scheduled to begin today, was postponed to September 16 and the presiding judge ordered him jailed in Cairo's Tora Prison, news reports said.
http://cpj.org/2012/08/in-egypt-morsi-bans-pre-trial-detention-of-journal.php
New York, August 16, 2012--President Mohamed Morsi's government and allies are pushing back against critical news coverage, suppressing critical journalists and state-run newspapers, putting a journalist on trial, and attacking three journalists on the street, according to news reports.
more...
http://cpj.org/2012/08/egyptian-government-attempts-to-suppress-the-media.php
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August 23, 2012
snip
A Giza criminal court had ordered the pre-trial detention of Islam Afifi, editor-in-chief of the private daily Al-Dustour, who is charged with "insulting the president" and "spreading rumors that could disturb public safety and harm public interest," according to news reports. Afifi's trial, originally scheduled to begin today, was postponed to September 16 and the presiding judge ordered him jailed in Cairo's Tora Prison, news reports said.
http://cpj.org/2012/08/in-egypt-morsi-bans-pre-trial-detention-of-journal.php