Egypt Freezes Media Company's Assets

The chairman of two independent Egyptian newspapers, including one of the country's only English-language papers, said Wednesday that the company's assets had been frozen for alleged ties to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, a charge he denied. The Muslim Brotherhood's activities were banned in 2013 after the army ousted Egypt's first freely elected President Mohamed Morsi of the Brotherhood following mass protests against his one-year rule. The government formed a...

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