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Egyptian photojournalist snatches “Mojo” competition title
Egypt
May 10, 2019
Egyptian photojournalist snatches “Mojo” competition title
On May 8, Thomson Foundation selected a project by Egypt’s freelance visual journalist Mostafa Darwish out of 154 entries coming…
Employees at Turkey-based Al-Sharq news channel admit Qatari financing
Egypt
April 20, 2018
Employees at Turkey-based Al-Sharq news channel admit Qatari financing
A number of employees of pro-Muslim Brotherhood and Turkey-based Al-Sharq TV channel admitted that it is financed by Qatari businessmen.…
Five more sites blocked in Egypt, raising total to 62
Egypt
June 14, 2017
Five more sites blocked in Egypt, raising total to 62
Five additional websites offering VPN services, including TunnelBear, CyberGhost, Hotspot Shield, TigerVPN and ZenVPN were blocked on Tuesday, along with…
Egypt restricts access to 57 news website: report
Egypt
June 12, 2017
Egypt restricts access to 57 news website: report
Independent news websites Al-Badil, Al-Bedaiah, and Medium, are now unreachable to internet users in Egypt, raising the total number of…
Staff of blocked news outlets threaten to protest at Press Syndicate
Egypt
May 30, 2017
Staff of blocked news outlets threaten to protest at Press Syndicate
A number of staff from local media outlets whose websites were blocked in Egypt held a meeting at Al-Bedaiah newspaper headquarters Tuesday to…
Egypt blocks 21 news sites including Qatari channel Al-Jazeera for supporting terrorism
Egypt
May 25, 2017
Egypt blocks 21 news sites including Qatari channel Al-Jazeera for supporting terrorism
Several Qatar-affiliated news outlets and other local news websites were blocked in Egypt on Wednesday in the wake of allegedly false footage…
Journalist Hossam Bahgat banned from traveling abroad
Egypt
February 24, 2016
Journalist Hossam Bahgat banned from traveling abroad
Journalist and human rights activist Hossam Bahgat was banned from traveling on Tuesday based on a decision issued by the…