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Egypt Bans Media Covering of Sinai, Renaissance Dam, Libya and Coronavirus

June 19, 2020 MEO Staff

Egyptian authorities have sparked controversy on social networking sites over issuance of a ban on addressing four currently circulated topics: Sinai, Renaissance Dam, Coronavirus, and Libya. Egypt’s highest media regulatory body, an official state arm [ More … ]

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Egypt: Journalists Arbitrarily Arrested and Beaten as Repression of Media Grows

October 15, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Esraa Abdel Fattah was detained on Saturday, October 12 by plainclothes police officers and the following morning another journalist Mostafa al-Khatib was also arrested. These arrests came after Italian journalist Francesca Borri was detained on [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Al-Sisi’s Government Blocked BBC in Egypt for “Inaccurate Coverage”

September 24, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

The state-owned Egyptian media regulator revealed that it was “likely” that the internationally renowned news website BBC alongside other news websites have been blocked in Egypt for their “inaccurate” coverage small-scaled protests that took place [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt Morsi TV gaffe puts spotlight on control of media

June 20, 2019 MEO Staff

The death of a former president in most countries around the world would normally make headline news domestically. But not the case for Egypt, where ex-President Mohammed Morsi died at the age of 67 on [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt tightens restrictions on media, social networks

March 20, 2019 MEO Staff

Egypt imposes new rules that allows state to block websites and social media accounts for ‘fake news’ or incitement. Egypt’s top media regulator put into effect tighter restrictions that allow the state to block websites [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

The Economist: Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian Govt’s Favorite Scapegoat

March 12, 2019 MEO Staff

When things go wrong, the regime invariably blames the Muslim brothers Passengers waiting on the platform had only seconds to run before they were engulfed in flames. On February 27th a train hurtled into Cairo’s [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Khashoggi’s Case at the Egyptian Media: with Saudi Arabia against Turkey

October 15, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

The Egyptian media is dealing with the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as an opponent to the Saudi regime who is kidnapped in the Turkish territories. Khashoggi was last seen entering the Saudi [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt’s Al-Sisi Signs New Law Tightening Control over Internet

August 19, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

Egypt’s Al-Sisi has ratified a new draconian cybercrime law that rights groups say paves the way for censoring online media. The law, published Saturday in the country’s official gazette, empowers authorities to order the blocking [ More … ]

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Sami Anan to Run For Egypt’s Presidential Elections Amid Al-Sisi’s Threats Against Those Who Will Come Close to The Presidency Chair

January 20, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

Former Egyptian armed forces chief of staff General Sami Anan said on Saturday he intended to run in the country’s presidential election in March. In a video declaration posted on Anan’s official Facebook page, he [ More … ]

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Egypt: TV hosts ‘told by intelligence officer to convince viewers’ over Jerusalem

January 7, 2018 MEO Staff

While Egypt’s government was publicly condemning a US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a state intelligence officer was asking influential TV hosts in the country to persuade their viewers to accept it. On [ More … ]

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Tapes Reveal Egypt’s Acceptance to Jerusalem Move : Report

January 7, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

An Egyptian intelligence officer quietly placed phone calls to the hosts of several influential talk shows in Egypt as President Trump moved last month to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “Like all our [ More … ]

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Egyptian allegations against Turkey: dimensions and connotations

December 20, 2017 MEO Staff

On November 22, 2017, Egypt’s Prosecutor General Counsellor Nabil Ahmed Sadiq ordered that 29 Egyptians be held in custody for 15 days pending investigation by the Supreme State Security Prosecution on charges of espionage in [ More … ]

Column

Column: Turkey sedition in Arab media

June 27, 2017 MEO Staff

BY: Yasin Aktay At the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the beginning connoting mercy, the ending salvation, we have reached Eid. As a result of its nature, because it was obligatory upon those [ More … ]

Morocco

Al Jazeera Defends Moroccan Territorial Integrity against Saudi and UAE Media Claims

June 22, 2017 MEO Staff

In response to recent Saudi and Emirati media provocations, the Qatari channel Al Jazeera has issued a report defending Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara. The report criticizes a short documentary broadcasted by Saudi-owned channel [ More … ]

Qatar Latest News

‘Reporters Without Borders’ condemns Saudi closure of Qatar’s Al-Jazeera

June 8, 2017 MEO Staff

Reporters Without Borders condemned Saudi Arabia’s decision to close the Riyadh office of Qatar’s Al-Jazeera broadcaster on Wednesday, after the kingdom and other Arab states severed ties with the emirate. An international media rights watchdog [ More … ]

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