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Fearing Dissent, Egypt Clamps Down on Critics

Nisan Ahmado

   WASHINGTON - Egyptian authorities have ramped up efforts to silence
   government criticism, issuing orders in recent weeks to restrict media
   coverage and detain journalists, despite international pressure that's
   attracted new attention after a journalist arrested in June died of
   COVID-19.

   Hundreds of journalists, activists, critics, and their relatives have
   been arbitrarily detained in Egypt since protests in September that
   called forPresident Abdel Fattah el-Sissito step down, according to
   groups including [1]Amnesty International.

References

   1. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/03/egypt-release-prisoners-of-conscience-and-other-prisoners-at-risk-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/

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