United Arab Emirates - Journalist held incommunicado, netizens arrested, censorship

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns Egyptian journalist Anas Fouda's detention by the authorities in the United Arab Emirates for the past month. Based for many years in the UAE, Fouda has been held incommunicado ever since his arrest on 3 July. Security personnel at Dubai international airport told Fouda on 28 June he was banned from leaving the country. In response to a summons, he reported to the state security department on 3 July accompanied by an Egyptian consular official, who left (...)

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