Egypt - International community urged to react as situation of free expression worsens in Egypt

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the accelerating deterioration in the media freedom situation in Egypt in the run-up to the 28 November elections. In the latest development, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces ordered a 15-day extension to blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah's pre-trial detention on 13 November. The Supreme Council has constantly restricted freedom of information ever since President Hosni Mubarak's removal on 11 February. It has summoned journalists and bloggers (...)

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