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Alerts | Egypt

CPJ condemns siege at Cairo's Media Production City

Protests outside the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters last week have led to escalating threats against the press and a siege on Sunday of Cairo's Media Production City. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

New York, March 25, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the violent siege on Sunday of the Media Production City, a complex housing numerous private news outlets in Cairo, an episode that followed a series of inflammatory anti-press comments by President Mohamed Morsi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

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March 25, 2013 6:41 PM ET |
Tags: Al-Ahram Weekly, Al-Hayat, Al-Nahar, Al-Qahira wal Nas, Al-Watan, Alaa Abdel Fattah, Attacked, Blogger, CBC, Diaa Rashwan, Facebook, Harassed, Hazim Abdel Azim, Hussein Abdel Ghany, Internet, Khaled Dawoud, Legal Action, Media Production City, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, National Security Committee, Obstructed, ONTV, Reham al-Sahli, Talaat Abdullah, Threatened
Alerts | Syria

Silencing global coverage, Syria detains, expels reporters

New York, July 14, 2011--The Syrian government has detained a local journalist who contributes to pan-Arab news outlets and expelled an international reporter, according to news reports, continuing a crackdown designed to silence global news coverage of the nation's political crisis.

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July 14, 2011 5:26 PM ET |
Tags: Al-Hayat, Al-Jazeera, As-Safir, Blogger, De Standaard, Expelled, Imprisoned, Internet, Maarten Zeegers, NRC Handelsblad, Omar al-Assad

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