Egypt - Disturbing moves against news media by Supreme Council

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is worried by the last night's threat by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to use the state of emergency law against all journalists “threatening social peace.” It followed a raid earlier in the day on Al-Jazeera's Egyptian affiliate, Al-Jazeera Mubasher Egypt, as part of an announced operation to check the licences of 16 satellite TV stations. “We fear a security clampdown in Egypt, with the use of all the provisions of the state of emergency law to impose order (...)

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